Table 3.

Comparing endorsement of scientific concepts and misconceptions.

Scientific concept	Agreement (%)	Misconception	Agreement (%)
Development
Certain phases of childhood are more sensitive for learning (e.g., for language acquisition)	98	e.g., most receptive to learning before age 3 (two items)	50
Memory
E.g., learning is based on changes in neural connections (two items)∗	95	e.g., the brain works like a hard drive; information is stored in specific locations (two items)	63
Learning techniques
E.g., testing effect (desirable difficulties) (two items)	94	blocked learning is better than interleaved	52
Brain activity
E.g., the brain is active 24 h a day (two items)	93	learning while you sleep over the acoustic channel	56
Sensory modalities
Visual, auditory, etc. reception of information	92	Existence of learning styles	93
Neuroplasticity
When a brain region is damaged, other parts of the brain can take up its function	60	Only use 10% of brain	57
Hemispheric asymmetry
The hemispheres work together	40	E.g., Brain Gym better links the two hemispheres (three items)	83

^∗If a category has more than one item, the percentages were added together.