Editor's Corner: Private Worlds

by: Steve Metz

Every time we teach, new concepts compete with students' misconceptions. It is only by identifying and examining these naive ideas that we can hope to bring about conceptual change. In this month's Editor's Corner, Field Editor Steve Metz advocates for taking a closer look at your students' misconceptions.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2011Stock # tst11_078_04_06Volume 078Issue 04

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Proof of Problems toward Learning Science

This commentary talks about misconceptions that even students at prestigious universities have. The editor points out that it is hard to ‘unteach’ these concepts and replace them with correc... See More

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