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Saxena, A. B. – Physics Education (India), 1988
The misconceptions related to the concepts of force and acceleration among college students are explored. Misconceptions are identified and their occurrence among a large percentage of students are observed. Provided are some implications for physics teaching and an eight-item test. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Concept Formation, Force, Foreign Countries

Schmidt, Hans-Jurgen – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Identifies and describes the problems students have with the concept of neutralization. Analysis of over 7,500 students' answers to test questions over neutralization showed that many students understand the concept in its original meaning. Students assumed that in any neutralization reaction a neutral solution is formed, even if a weak acid or…
Descriptors: Acids, Chemical Equilibrium, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry
Chee, Chia Teck – 1989
This study was designed to identify students' misconceptions concerning frictional force, and Newton's laws of motion. It was also designed to determine the effectiveness of using instructions based on students' misconceptions to improve the teaching of physics. A pencil-and-paper test was administered to three groups of 16-year-old students:…
Descriptors: Force, Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions
Cobern, William W. – 1988
It can be inferred from the corpus of misconception research that an assumption that students come into secondary and college classes with a relatively homogeneous view of the world has been made. This paper takes the position that this assumption keeps researchers from a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that lead to science…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Science, Higher Education
Ross, Bertram H. B. – 1989
An investigation of Ontario high school students' understanding of acids and bases with quantitative and qualitative methods revealed misconceptions. A concept map, based on the objectives of the Chemistry Curriculum Guideline, generated multiple-choice items and interview questions. The multiple-choice test was administered to 34 grade 12…
Descriptors: Acids, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Cognitive Structures
Lee, Okhee; And Others – 1990
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to understand the conceptual frameworks that sixth-grade students use to explain the nature and structure of matter and molecules; and (2) to assess the effectiveness of two alternate instructional units in helping students change those conceptions. The study involved 15 sixth-grade classes taught by 12…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Science, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades

Peterson, Raymond F.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Outlines a procedure used to develop a written diagnostic instrument to identify misconceptions and misunderstandings of the chemistry topic. Reports the characteristic data for the instrument, and student understanding of covalent bonding and structure. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 11
Understandings and Misunderstandings of Eight Graders of Five Chemistry Concepts Found in Textbooks.

Abraham, Michael R.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Reports on misconceptions held by intermediate grade students concerning chemistry textbook concepts, on the relation of reasoning ability to those misconceptions, and on the extent that textbooks encourage misconceptions. Concludes that the level of understanding displayed for the selected concepts, in combination with the nature of students'…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement

Hausfather, Samuel J. – Science and Children, 1992
Conceptual change teaching is an instructional method that helps students modify, extend, or exchange their alternative conceptions for the appropriate scientific conceptions. Provides activities and a diagnostic test to apply the method to the concepts of heat and temperature. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Diagnostic Tests
Bishop, Beth A.; And Others – 1986
Designed to address the major conceptual problems associated with respiration and photosynthesis, this module can be used with high school students or college nonscience majors including those in elementary education. It is one in a series developed by the project Overcoming Critical Barriers to Learning in Nonmajors' Science Courses. The…
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Learning Modules, Misconceptions
King, Bruce B.; Ahlquist, Roberta – 1990
Critical pedagogy, an ideology which opposes education as domination, views knowledge and learning as constructed by the student and teacher together. Its goal is personal and social emancipation and empowerment. The purposes of this paper are to (1) indicate problems in science education which can be addressed by teaching science from a critical,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Middle Schools
Treagust, David F.; Haslam, Filocha – 1986
Based on the premise that multiple choice tests can be used as diagnostic tools for teachers in identifying and remedying student misconceptions, this study focused on the development of an instrument for diagnosing secondary students' understanding of photosynthesis and respiration. Information is presented on: (1) procedures of development of…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Clement, John; And Others – 1989
Three purposes of this study were to: (1) propose some organizing theoretical and observational definitions of the anchor construct; (2) present some initial findings from a diagnostic test designed to uncover anchors for high school physics instruction; and (3) provoke an initial discussion of the new methodological issues that arise in this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Diagnostic Tests

Hesse, Joseph J., III; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Presents results of intensive clinical interviews with 11 high school chemistry students representing a broad range of achievement levels as selected from 180 students who completed a written test upon completion of an instructional unit on chemical change. Results indicate that students commonly experience difficulties in chemical knowledge,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Cognitive Ability
Bishop, Beth A.; Anderson, Charles W. – 1986
Designed to address the major conceptual problems associated with evolution and variation and survival in populations, this module can be used with high school students or college nonscience majors including those in elementary education. It is one in a series developed by the project "Overcoming Critical Barriers to Learning in Nonmajors'…
Descriptors: College Science, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics
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