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Philipp Meyer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Although diffusion is the subject of beginning chemistry classes, there are a variety of experiments, such as the spread of perfume in the classroom, that are often "incorrectly" explained by diffusion alone. To eliminate this common misconception, a recently published method is modified to determine the diffusion constant of hydrogen…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Chemistry, Misconceptions, Science Experiments
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
Lan Yang; Leheng Huang; Xianqiu Wu; Jianwen Xiong; Lei Bao; Yang Xiao – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
In physics education, a number of studies have developed assessments of teachers' knowledge of student understanding (KSU) of specific physics concepts with modified versions of existing concept inventories, in which teachers were asked to predict the popular incorrect answers from students. The results provide useful but indirect information to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
Kulgemeyer, Christoph; Wittwer, Jörg – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Some of the online explainer videos for physics present misconceptions as scientifically correct explanations. Even so, some of these videos achieve good ratings on online platforms. A possible reason is that explainer videos with misconceptions foster an "illusion of understanding"--the mistaken belief that a topic has been understood.…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Physics, Video Technology, Science Instruction
Yesh Chogyel – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2024
Misconceptions hinder and challenge the learning of physics and science subjects in general. This study aimed to identify misconceptions in physics topics, namely gravity and force, and to overcome them through timely and appropriate interventions among ninth-grade students at Khuruthang Middle Secondary School in Punakha district, Bhutan. This…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Physics, Grade 9
Aygün, Müge; Hacioglu, Yasemin – Athens Journal of Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to review the postgraduate theses on science/physics education in Turkey to guide the teaching of the sound concept. Although the theses examined within the scope of this study belong to a certain region, the previous literature shows us that the learning difficulties/misconceptions are generally independent of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theses, Science Education, Physics
Onder-Celikkanli, Nuray; Tan, Mustafa – Physics Education, 2022
This study aims to determine Turkish high school students' misconceptions about the electric charge imbalance by using a four-tier misconception test, where the main questions are accompanied by a question about the reason for the answer, as well as student declarations about their degrees of certainty. A four-tier electric charge imbalance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Misconceptions, Energy
Önder Çelikkanli, Nuray; Kizilcik, Hasan Sahin – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
The aim of this research was to conduct a review of studies using four-tier tests to detect misconceptions in physics education. Fifty-eight studies whose main purpose was to develop a four-tier misconception test and eleven studies whose purpose was to determine learners' misconceptions using a four-tier diagnostic test without test development…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
Lin, Jiabei; Xing, Yuting; Hu, Yudi; Zhang, Jian; Bao, Lei; Luo, Kaiqing; Yu, Keke; Xiao, Yang – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Students hold a variety of initial (mis)conceptions that are inconsistent with scientific knowledge and hinder their physics learning. The initial (mis)conceptions could coexist with the scientific ones, even after a conceptual change. Inhibitory control may help overcome initial (mis)conceptions. This study investigated if and how inhibitory…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Physics, Majors (Students), Science Education
Aydin, Mirac; Ozcan, Ibrahim – Physics Education, 2022
Advancements in mobile technologies have accelerated mobile Augmented Reality (AR), and many applications have been developed and presented in online stores. This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of the AR model of the Solar System simulated in mobile AR applications located in the Google Play Store. The applications were examined in the store…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Astronomy, Telecommunications
Johnson, Philip – School Science Review, 2020
Earthbound manifestations of gravity in falling objects are distorted by the large mass and size of the Earth. Movement is also affected by air resistance. This article questions whether an approach based on everyday observations is necessarily the best starting point for introducing the idea of Newtonian gravity. Instead, a theoretical approach…
Descriptors: Science Education, Earth Science, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
Aykutlu, Isil; Bezen, Sevim; Bayrak, Celal – Turkish Journal of Education, 2021
In this study, the aim is to determine pre-service teachers' conceptual understanding of the standing wave concept. Pre-service teachers' conceptual understanding of the standing wave concept was determined through the phenomenological pattern, and the aim was to lay bare how they made sense of this phenomenon, how they perceived and experienced…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Resbiantoro, Gaguk; Setiani, Rahyu; Dwikoranto – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
The difference between students' ideas and scientific conceptions, is called misconceptions. Physics learning needs to be designed by teachers to eradicate misconceptions. This paper provides a review of 72 international journal articles on diagnosis methods, causes, and ways of remediating misconceptions that have been published between…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
Bahtaji, Michael Allan A. – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Exploring students' physics conceptions, science engagement and misconceptions in physics together with their association to certain variables (gender, educational background, and program of study) are essential in improving physics teaching and learning. However, few studies have been conducted to explore these three measures and almost none…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, 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