Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics

Exploring Data from TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-30187-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 165 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Reihe: IEA Research for Education

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 reportedby 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neidorf, Teresa

Arora, Alka

Mai, Thanh

Erberber, Ebru

Tsokodayi, Yemurai

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Schulpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics.-2. Review of Research into Misconceptions and Misunderstandings in Physics and Mathematics.- 3.Methodology Used to Analyze Student Misconceptions, Errors, and Misunderstandings in TIMSS.- 4. Results for Student Misconceptions, Errors, and Misunderstandings in Physics and Mathematics.- 5. Conclusions About Using TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced Data to Explore Student Misconceptions, Errors, and Misunderstandings in Physics and Mathematics.- 6. Technical Documentation and Syntax.