Re: [Phys-l] Student Misconceptions

[Jacob Clark Blickenstaff <blickenstaff@aps.org>]

I would also suggest looking at "Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching" by Randall Knight.  It does have a summary of students' ideas about each topic, including most everything in a typical introductory course.

(I also agree with J.M.C. that targeting misconceptions is not the only strategy to use.)

Jacob

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On Sep 28, 2011, at 3:59 PM, John Clement wrote:

> The most complete volume is probably Arons "Teaching Introductory Physics".
> But there has been a lot of research since then.  It is pretty good on
> mechanics, but not for other topics.
>
> Just concentrating on misconceptions will probably not give the best
> results.  A coherent curriculum with the necessary learning cycle components
> will help students more than just hitting misconceptions.  But certainly
> some misconceptions need to be brought out and exposed.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, Tx 
>
> > Is there a single volume a physics teacher can refer to that
> > contains/discusses common student misconceptions in physics, as
> > revealed by PER?  I know that there are many articles documenting and
> > studying them, but they seemed to be scattered over the years and over
> > the journals. The desire is to use this as part of course preparation.
>
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