Addressing learners' alternate conceptions

Context-based learning for Inhibition of alternative conceptions

Interactions between individuals and contextual elements are then the preferred targets for any learning action. As they are at the heart of the ...

[PDF] Dealing more effectively with alternative conceptions in science

Many science teachers are aware of the existence of alternative conceptions – notions held by students that are contrary to those generally accepted by ...

Exploring Minds: Alternative Conceptions in Science - ScienceDirect

(Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) are also offered. To address the first research question i.e. to explore misconceptions among students, M. Sc. (Physics -.

Teachers' ability to diagnose and deal with alternative student ...

By diagnosing student conceptions, teachers can take pedagogical actions. However, even if teachers can diagnose a student's conception, they ...

Approach - Alternative Conceptions - PLAN C - Trace

This alternative conceptions approach challenges pupils current ways of thinking and refocuses them to how understand how the notional machine underneath would ...

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...

A failure to address students' alternative conceptions could lead to an inability on the part of the students to understand subsequent concepts. Assessing ...

Misconceptions - Taking Learning Seriously

students are dissatisfied with their current understanding [misconception]. · the new idea is intelligible to students. · the new idea is a plausible alternative ...

EJ760128 - Strategies Reported Used by Instructors to ... - ERIC

Reported instructor strategies directed at remediating student alternate conceptions were investigated and compared with successful, literature-based conceptual ...

Peer instruction to address alternative conceptions in Einstein's ...

In education, decades have been spent investigating what kind of beliefs and attitudes students may have in relation to learning.

(PDF) Students' Alternative Conceptions and Teachers' Views on the ...

address their misconceptions. KEYWORDS. chemistry teaching, alternative conceptions, learning ... addressing students' misconceptions in ...

Approaches to Biology Teaching and Learning: Understanding the ...

As Wandersee et al. (1994) acknowledge, these alternate conceptions are present at all levels of formal instruction, including college, and cut across ability ...

Diagnosing students' alternative conceptions in science ... - CiteSeerX

testing to assess students' learning. The networked two-tier test system presented in this study is one of the first steps toward addressing this challenge.

Alternative conceptions - Science Learning Hub

Alternative conceptions about gravity ... Educational research has shown that students develop intuitive ideas and beliefs about natural phenomena. As students ...

Addressing Alternative Conceptions about Transition Metals among ...

For the quantitative study, nine two-tier items were administered in a conceptual test after instruction to the 79 form six students in both the ...

Misconceptions and persistence: resources for targeting student ...

Alternative student conceptions of ideas must be addressed because students apply their misconceptions to multiple topics and may have a ...

Short Lesson Plan Associated with Increased Acceptance of ...

Student alternative conceptions are common throughout biology; however, few topics are as well explored as evolution. Research on topics such as ...

Exploring Secondary Students' Alternative Conceptions about ...

The questions were developed in French and English and addressed most of the essential concepts in science and technology included in the ...

Alternative conceptions and the learning of chemistry

"Holes" in Student Understanding: Addressing Prevalent Misconceptions. Regarding Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. 2007;84 ...

Alternative conceptions held by first year physics students at ... - aabri

Many researchers have reported the incidence and prevalence of alternative conceptions concerning many concepts and principles in science.

Astronomy alternative conceptions in pre-adolescent students in ...

Armed with students' alternative conceptions as a part of their pedagogical content knowledge, teachers can construct active learning experiences that will ...