The purpose of this study was to explore children's early understanding of basic genetic/genomic concepts using an innovative, child-sensitive approach to data collection. Exploratory, qualitative study using art-based "Draw-and-Tell Conversation" interviews with children were used. Each conversational interview was guided by two drawing completion tasks and a semi-structured interview guide. D...

abstract background: smoking cigarettes is a risk factor for many physical and mental diseases. about five million people die of smoking every year. understanding the concept of cigarette smoking can help people develop their knowledge with regard to smoking. a qualitative research seems essential to detect these concepts. therefore, the present study aims to take into account the experience of...

This paper presents a taxonomy of "matter concepts" or concepts of verbs that play roles of governors in understanding natural language and picture patterns. For this taxonomy we associate natural language with real world picture patterns and analyze the meanings common to them. The analysis shows that matter concepts are divided into two large classes:"simple matter concepts" and "non-simple m...

Fundamental concepts in statistics form the cornerstone of scientific inquiry. If we fail to understand fully these fundamental concepts, then the scientific conclusions we reach are more likely to be wrong. This is more than supposition: for 60 years, statisticians have warned that the scientific literature harbors misunderstandings about basic statistical concepts. Original articles published...