Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics

This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of data from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)...

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Hlavní autoři: Neidorf, Teresa, Arora, Alka, Erberber, Ebru, Tsokodayi, Yemurai, Mai, Thanh
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description This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of data from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and TIMSS Advanced assessments are analyzed, specifically for five countries (Italy, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovenia, and the United States) who participated in all or almost all TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced assessments between 1995 and 2015. The report focuses on students’ understandings related to gravitational force in physics and linear equations in mathematics. It identifies some specific misconceptions, errors, and misunderstandings demonstrated by the TIMSS Advanced grade 12 students for these core concepts, and shows how these can be traced back to poor foundational development of these concepts in earlier grades. Patterns in misconceptions and misunderstandings are reported by grade, country, and gender. In addition, specific misconceptions and misunderstandings are tracked over time, using trend items administered in multiple assessment cycles. The study and associated methodology may enable education systems to help identify specific needs in the curriculum, improve inform instruction across grades and also raise possibilities for future TIMSS assessment design and reporting that may provide more diagnostic outcomes.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-360582025-03-12T03:18:57Z Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics Neidorf, Teresa Arora, Alka Erberber, Ebru Tsokodayi, Yemurai Mai, Thanh Education International education  Comparative education Assessment Science education Mathematics Physics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JND Educational systems and structures::JNDH Education: examinations and assessment thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNU Teaching of a specific subject thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of data from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and TIMSS Advanced assessments are analyzed, specifically for five countries (Italy, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovenia, and the United States) who participated in all or almost all TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced assessments between 1995 and 2015. The report focuses on students’ understandings related to gravitational force in physics and linear equations in mathematics. It identifies some specific misconceptions, errors, and misunderstandings demonstrated by the TIMSS Advanced grade 12 students for these core concepts, and shows how these can be traced back to poor foundational development of these concepts in earlier grades. Patterns in misconceptions and misunderstandings are reported by grade, country, and gender. In addition, specific misconceptions and misunderstandings are tracked over time, using trend items administered in multiple assessment cycles. The study and associated methodology may enable education systems to help identify specific needs in the curriculum, improve inform instruction across grades and also raise possibilities for future TIMSS assessment design and reporting that may provide more diagnostic outcomes. 2021-02-10T14:32:17Z 2021-02-10T14:32:17Z 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T08:57:25Z 2020 book 1007215 OCN: 1129319099 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22946 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36058 eng IEA Research for Education open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/22946/1/1007215.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/22946/1/1007215.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/22946/1/1007215.pdf Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-30188-0 10.1007/978-3-030-30188-0 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 165 Cham open access
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