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Prinz, Anja; Golke, Stefanie; Wittwer, Jörg – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Misconceptions impair not only learners' comprehension of a text but also the accuracy with which they judge their comprehension, that is, "metacomprehension accuracy." Refutation texts are beneficial to elicit conceptual-change processes and thus to overcome the detrimental impact of misconceptions on comprehension. However, it is…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Accuracy, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
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Vahrenhold, Jan; Paul, Wolfgang – Computer Science Education, 2014
We report on the development, validation, and implementation of a collection of test items designed to detect misconceptions related to first-year computer science courses. To this end, we reworked the development scheme proposed by Almstrum et al. ("SIGCSE Bulletin" 38(4):132-145, 2006) to include students' artifacts and to…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses, Test Items, Evaluation Methods
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Juttner, Melanie; Neuhaus, Birgit J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
In view of the lack of instruments for measuring biology teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), this article reports on a study about the development of PCK items for measuring teachers' knowledge of pupils' errors and ways for dealing with them. This study investigated 9th and 10th grade German pupils' (n = 461) drawings in an achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Students, Biology, Protocol Analysis