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Direct linkSullivan, Patrick; Barnett, Joann – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
Gap reasoning is an inappropriate strategy for comparing fractions. In this article, Patrick Sullivan and Joann Barnett look at the persistence of this misconception amongst students and the insights teachers can draw about students' reasoning.
Descriptors: Fractions, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Soong, Benson; Mercer, Neil; Er, Siew Shin – Physics Education, 2010
In this article, we provide a discussion on our revision method (termed "prescriptive tutoring") aimed at revealing students' misconceptions and misunderstandings by getting them to solve physics problems with an anonymous partner via the computer. It is currently being implemented and evaluated in a public secondary school in Singapore,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physics, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
Pray, Lisa; Marx, Sherry – Teacher Educator, 2010
In this article, we compared teacher attitudes and beliefs about culturally appropriate language teaching resulting from an examination of two groups of preservice teachers. One group of preservice teachers enrolled in an English as a Second Language (ESL) study abroad program in Mexico; the other enrolled in a traditional on-campus ESL program.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes
Sharp, Janet; Hoiberg, Karen; Chumbley, Scott – Science and Children, 2003
This standard lesson on identifying salt and sugar crystals expands into an opportunity for students to develop their observation, questioning, and modeling skills. Although sugar and salt may look similar, students discovered that they looked very different under a magnifying glass and behaved differently when dissolved in water. In addition,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Grade 5, Teaching Methods
