Research studies about students' intuitive ideas in earth science were classified into two categories, classical and actional views, according to researchers perspectives on prior knowledge. The topics of the studies reviewed here are $quot;the earth and the sun$quot;, $quot;earth science$quot;, $quot;season$quot;, $quot;air pressure$quot;, and $quot;water in the atmosphere.$quot; Several intuitive ideas showed quite strong stability across task context. Cultural influence on a few intuitive ideas were reported and should be studied further. Students may commonly hold various intuitive ideas about some instruments used for instruction. For example, humidifier may be used for the relative humidity class. Students views about humidifier seems to be quite different from those of the teachers, and should be studied further.

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