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Rana J. Y. Aleifat; Ahmad A. S. Tabieh – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2025
The purpose of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the research published in the field of mathematics misconception from 1947 to 2023, to determine the general knowledge structure and participation in research publication. An analytical approach was used based on Scopus database data. This study used mixed methods; quantitative…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Bibliometrics, Content Analysis, Mathematics
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Hull, Michael M.; Jansky, Alexandra; Hopf, Martin – Studies in Science Education, 2021
In this literature review, we survey student naïve ideas (frequently referred to as 'misconceptions') that plausibly relate, at least in part, to difficulty in understanding probability. We collected diverse naïve ideas from a range of topics in physics: Non-linear Dynamics; Cosmology; Thermal Physics; Atomic, Nuclear, and Particle Physics;…
Descriptors: Probability, Science Instruction, Physics, Misconceptions
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Van Steenbrugge, H.; Lesage, E.; Valcke, M.; Desoete, A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This research analyses preservice teachers' knowledge of fractions. Fractions are notoriously difficult for students to learn and for teachers to teach. Previous studies suggest that student learning of fractions may be limited by teacher understanding of fractions. If so, teacher education has a key role in solving the problem. We first reviewed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Concepts
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Mulwa, Ednah Chebet – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study sought to review literature pertinent to difficulties encountered by students in the learning and usage of mathematical terminology. The need to carry out this study arose from the concern by the Kenya National Examinations Council, and the general public, over the poor annual results in mathematics. Therefore, the objective of this…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Aptitude, Literature Reviews
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Thanheiser, Eva; Browning, Christine; Edson, Alden J.; Kastberg, Signe; Lo, Jane-Jane – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2013
This survey of the literature summarizes and reflects on research findings regarding elementary preservice teachers' (PSTs') mathematics conceptions and the development thereof. Despite the current focus on teacher education, peer-reviewed journals offer a surprisingly sparse insight in these areas. The limited research that exists chiefly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Hodgen, Jeremy; Foster, Colin; Marks, Rachel; Brown, Margaret – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
This document presents a review of evidence commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation to inform the guidance document "Improving Mathematics in Key Stages Two and Three" (Education Endowment Foundation, 2017). The review draws on a substantial parallel study by the same research team, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Feedback (Response)
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Watson, Jane M.; Kelly, Ben A. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2009
Data from 154 interviews with students in grades 3 to 13 were analyzed to suggest a developmental progression of conceptual understanding associated with the sample space for two ordinary six-sided dice tossed simultaneously. The model was then considered in the light of responses to an extension task involving three six-sided dice with four sides…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Developmental Stages
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Leinhardt, Gaea; Steele, Michael D. – Cognition and Instruction, 2005
In this article, we analyze the complexity of using instructional dialogues in the teaching of mathematics. We trace a 10-lesson unit on functions and their graphs taught by Magdalene Lampert to a 5th-grade classroom. We use this trace to help analyze and systematize the complexity of the classroom discourse. Analysis shows that Lampert's…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Grade 5
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Markowsky, George – College Mathematics Journal, 1992
Typically, the mathematical properties concerning the golden ratio are stated correctly, but much of what is presented with respect to the golden ratio in art, architecture, literature, and aesthetics is false or seriously misleading. Discussed here are some of the most commonly repeated misconceptions promulgated, particularly within mathematics…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education
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Lecoutre, Marie-Paule – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1992
Reviews research indicating that students' cognitive models hold random events to be equiprobable Examined 87 students between the ages of 15 and 17 to determine whether masking a random event using geometric figures would affect the students' view of the event as equiprobable. Results indicated that masking overcame the equiprobable bias of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Mathematical Concepts
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Lombardi, Olimpia – Science and Education, 1999
In science teaching, Aristotelian physics is often presented in a fragmentary and oversimplified way which distorts the true meaning of Aristotelian concepts. Discusses some mistakes that originate from a partial reading of Aristotle's work. Contains 32 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts