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Shen Yong Ho; R. Subramaniam – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Recognizing the relatively few studies that have explored university students' understanding and alternative conceptions in linear and circular motion as well as the relatively few studies that have used 2-dimensional multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in the science education literature, this study set out to contribute to these areas.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Motion, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Catie Nielson; Emma Pitt; Michal Fux; Kristin de Nesnera; Nicole Betz; Jessica S. Leffers; Kimberly D. Tanner; John D. Coley – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Previous research has shown that students employ intuitive thinking when understanding scientific concepts. Three types of intuitive thinking--essentialist, teleological, and anthropic thinking--are used in biology learning and can lead to misconceptions. However, it is unknown how commonly these types of intuitive thinking, or cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Usage, College Students, Biology, Scientific Concepts
Kamali Sripathi; Aidan Hoskinson – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Genetic variation is historically challenging for undergraduate students to master, potentially due to its grounding in both evolution and genetics. Traditionally, student expertise in genetic variation has been evaluated using Key Concepts. However, Cognitive Construals may add to a more nuanced picture of students' developing expertise. Here, we…
Descriptors: Genetics, Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Evolution
Nur Farha Shaafi; Mohammad Mubarrak Mohd Yusof; Ellianawati Ellianawati; Bambang Subali; Muhammad Haziq Hazim Raji’e – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
This study examines prevalent misconceptions among students regarding the fundamental concepts of acids and bases, which often arise during the learning process. This study aims to pinpoint misconceptions held by preservice science teachers in the realm of acids and bases; 117 university students from diverse educational backgrounds, enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Science Education
Sofía Judith Garófalo; Lydia Galagovsky; Manuel Alonso – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
In this work extensive misconceptions of university students'--from nutrition area--about the metabolism of carbohydrates (CHM) in the human organism have been documented. The results lead to consider their difficulties concerning the learning of a complex set of imbricated biochemical models involved. Pursuant to these considerations, three…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Human Body, Biochemistry, STEM Education
Zolt, Holly; Wrightsman, Elizabeth; Ford, Lucinda; Patterson, Cody L. – PRIMUS, 2023
We discuss student conceptions of improper integrals and infinity in the context of a second-semester calculus course (in a three-course sequence). Our observations stem from a sequence of activities used in an online course over a three-day period. Throughout the enactment of these activities, students are challenged to develop conceptions of…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Calculus, Online Courses
Thabiso Khemane; Padayachee Pragashni; Shaw Corrinne – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
This study investigates the challenges faced by second-year undergraduate engineering students in understanding Stokes' theorem in vector calculus, focusing on the misconceptions found in interconnected concepts that form its foundation. Stokes' theorem involves the application of line integrals, surface integrals, the curl of a vector field, and…
Descriptors: Calculus, Misconceptions, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
Bagdat Abdikadyr; Bayan Ualikhanova; Daulet Berdaliyev; Gulnara Issayeva; Samat Maxutov – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
This study investigates the impact of constructivist teaching methods on achievement and misconceptions in mechanics, with a focus on gender differences. The research involved 88 first-year physics students enrolled in the physics teacher training program. Using a quasi-experimental design, students were divided into experimental (constructivist…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physics, Science Achievement, Constructivism (Learning)
Dinçer, Bahar – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
This study aims to examine the concept images of pre-service mathematics teachers for the concepts of single-variable and multivariable functions. In the present research, which was conducted with the case study method, a test consisting of three open-ended questions was used to obtain data about the definition of the concept of function and the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics
Addido, Johannes; Burrows, Andrea C.; Slater, Timothy F. – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2022
Teaching science concepts for conceptual understanding has its challenges. Bringing about conceptual change in the science classroom can be difficult because most concepts are complicated and often counter-intuitive in the teaching and learning of science concepts. A review of the literature indicates that the conceptual change model, CCM can be…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Güveli, Hasan; Güveli, Ebru – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
Some students have misconceptions. Students' misconceptions make difficult to learn the new subject. Teachers need to know students' misconceptions and take precautions. One of the misconceptions in mathematics is about limits and continuity. In order for teachers to take precautions in this regard, they must have this experience during their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Misconceptions
Frank Feudel; Alexander Unger – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2025
In tertiary mathematics courses, students often have difficulties acquiring an understanding of the mathematical concepts covered. One approach to address this problem is to implement so-called Concept-Tests. These are multiple-choice questions whose distractors represent common problems and misconceptions related to the concepts. While there…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
Versteeg, Marjolein; Hafkemeijer, Anne; de Beaufort, Arnout Jan; Steendijk, Paul – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2021
Obtaining adequate understanding of scientific concepts is considered challenging due to learners' misconceptions about natural phenomena. Misconceptions may coexist with scientific knowledge in the brain. Therefore, misconceptions must be cognitively inhibited in order to select the scientific knowledge. There is, however, lack of substantial…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Brain
Perez, Rene Alexander Soto – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Undergraduate engineering students usually face difficulties understanding electric circuit concepts. Some of those difficulties regard with misconceptions students bring into the classroom and develop during the learning process. Additionally, the increasing complexity of the topics along the fundamental electric circuit course constitutes…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Electronic Equipment, Scientific Concepts
Pablo Antonio Archila; Silvia Restrepo; Anne-Marie Truscott de Mejía; Jorge Molina – Science & Education, 2024
Even though it is widely held that the theory of evolution is one of the pillars of the biological sciences, as we begin the third decade of the twenty-first century, it is alarming how little we know about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and non-STEM majors' misconceptions about evolution in countries such as…
Descriptors: Evolution, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Nonmajors