suggest that children’s conceptions stem from
and are deeply rooted in daily experiences, which are helpful
and valuable in the child’s daily life context. However,
children’s conceptions often are not scientific and these
nonscientific ideas are called “alternative conceptions.” Duit
and Treagust proposed six possible sources for alternative
conceptions: sensory experience, language experience,
cultural background, peer groups, mass media, and even
science instruction.