We analysed and corrected the errors and misconceptions in the life science part of the 7th elementary school textbooks with special reference to ecology, taxonomy and logic, and then corrected it, finally suggested the strategy to reduce the ones in ...
We analysed and corrected the errors and misconceptions in the life science part of the 7th elementary school textbooks with special reference to ecology, taxonomy and logic, and then corrected it, finally suggested the strategy to reduce the ones in the textbooks. The number of error and misconception items of each field was 25 in ecology, 59 in taxonomy, and 36 in logic, respectively. These errors and misconceptions were found through out all the 7th elementary school textbooks, especially high in the legends, contents of figures, photographs and the sections of something reading. We corrected them on the base of cited literatures. In order to reduce the error and misconception in the life science parts of the elementary school textbooks, it was addressed that experts major in taxonomy and ecology should participate in the writing and editing the textbooks, and there are should be enough time more than years to prepare the textbooks.