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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
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
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
Lauren C. Bauman; Brynna Hansen; Lisa M. Goodhew; Amy D. Robertson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Physics Education Research has a rich history of identifying common student ideas about specific physics topics. In the context of electric circuits, existing research on students' ideas has primarily focused on misconceptions, misunderstandings, and difficulties. In this paper, we take a resource-oriented approach to identifying common student…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Physics, Science Instruction
Laliyo, Lukman A. R.; La Kilo, Akram; Paputungan, Mardjan; Kunusa, Wiwin Rewini; Dama, Lilan; Panigoro, Citra – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
This study evaluates the difficulties in concept reasoning, changes in response patterns, and item misconception hydrolysis patterns using Rasch modeling. Data were collected through the development of 30 distractor-based diagnostic test items, measuring ten levels of conceptual reasoning ability in three types of salt hydrolysis compounds:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Chemistry
Iwan Setiawan HR; Purwanto; Sukoriyanto; I Nengah Parta – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
This study aims to evaluate cognitive conflict in constructing mathematical concepts, based on thinking errors. The data were collected through observations of words or sentences, leading to the derivation of qualitative outputs. Furthermore, the results showed that the two selected subjects experienced cognitive conflicts regarding thinking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Thinking Skills, Error Patterns
Alajmi, Amal Hussain; Al-Kandari, Maryam Mohammed – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
This article reports on a study of Kuwaiti college students' knowledge about the concept of functions. It also shows the connections these students make between different representations of functions. The results indicated that most students (96%) were unable to provide a definition of a function and only a third could provide examples of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Mathematical Concepts, Calculus
da Silva Costa, Mauricio Bruno; dos Santos, Bruno Ferreira – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
The learning of scientific concepts is one of the main research subjects in science education. Although little used, the theory of conceptual profiles allows the study of this knowledge, taking into account the presence of different ways of thinking about a certain concept in the same individual. This study aimed to build a conceptual profile for…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Chemistry, Concept Formation
Gan Jin; Onur Ramazan; Robert William Danielson – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
As educators, we often seek to engage students' prior knowledge to help them learn new and potentially difficult science content. However, sometimes our experiences with the world lead us to create misconceptions that run counter to the scientific consensus. Refutational texts have been shown to be more effective at changing individuals'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English Instruction, Misconceptions
Kübra Özmen – Research in Science Education, 2024
While many university health science programs include physics courses to raise knowledge and understanding of physical science concepts, they are still far from addressing the needs of that science health profession. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an introductory physics course on first-year physiotherapy and rehabilitation (PR)…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Sciences, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Strömbäck, Filip; Mannila, Linda; Kamkar, Mariam – Informatics in Education, 2021
Concurrency is often perceived as difficult by students. One reason for this may be due to the fact that abstractions used in concurrent programs leave more situations undefined compared to sequential programs (e.g., in what order statements are executed), which makes it harder to create a proper mental model of the execution environment. Students…
Descriptors: College Students, Programming, Programming Languages, Concept Formation
Ragonis, Noa; Shmallo, Ronit – Informatics in Education, 2022
Object-oriented programming distinguishes between instance attributes and methods and class attributes and methods, annotated by the "static" modifier. Novices encounter difficulty understanding the means and implications of "static" attributes and methods. The paper has two outcomes: (a) a detailed classification of aspects of…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills
Olanrewaju P. Olaogun; Nathaniel J. Hunsu – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Students have misconceptions about many scientific topics they encounter in the classroom--such misconceptions are especially rife in subjects with counterintuitive concepts. Several studies have copiously documented students' misconceptions in different science domains. Research shows that students' misconceptions can be resistant to change and…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Engineering Education, Misconceptions
Kaya, Ali – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
This paper is twofold. First, it examines the misconceptions held by students about atoms. Second, it determines the suggestions of the instructors (academics and teachers) to overcome these misconceptions. The study adopted a case study research method. A questionnaire was administered to 288 students and a semi-structured interview was conducted…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Concept Formation
Koca, Nazife Ozdes – Physics Education, 2022
This work is aimed to assess the performance of two groups of students from colleges of Science, Education and Engineering on the understanding of electricity and magnetism concepts. To conduct this assessment, the Electricity and Magnetism Conceptual Assessment (EMCA) test was implemented twice as a pre-test and a post-test for two calculus-based…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Science Education, Engineering Education