Since about a year ago, I decided to devote my time and energy on educational research in chemistry classes and other science classes. The research studies why students tend to get the incorrect answers on tests and quizzes, even if they claim that they understand the presented material. For the most part, there were two things that stood out that caused students to get wrong answers. One of these was a major focus on major, of which it focused on the teaching method being the root of a lot of students misconceptions on certain topics as teachers would sometimes not take time out of their class to explain certain concepts that are difficult just because they may think its easy and project that reasoning on to other kids. Our main goal was to decide what plan of action would be best and how we could mold teaching styles so that they would benefit students in classes, whether it be high school or college level science classes. The resources below demonstrate the large amount of research conducted by myself and the research of others that I have noticed to be beneficial to my own research, along with some visuals to help better explain this complicated research topic. I believe the sources other than mine that I have found will help me further advance my research on this topic I have been passionate about for some time now.
The above research poster is the poster that my professor and I developed after nearly a years worth of extensive research on how alternate misconceptions cause students performance in class to suffer, and different experiments that show that these misconceptions can be fixed through improved teaching methods. Possible
2. https://www.aacu.org/pkal/regional/capital/2019/poster-abstracts
This next source is a website displaying various abstracts/findings of similar research done on the topic at hand, with varying methods explored.
3. unit 3 phys presentationNov16
The following powerpoint presentation is especially useful as it provides written visuals on how to approach situations in which abstract idea may cause students to form alternate conceptions about the topics that would cause them to use incorrect reasoning on a test question. It also shows how it extends to various other sciences and isn’t just applied to something like chemistry.
4. The following video is an excellent video as it interviews students and demonstrates specific alternative misconceptions they possess about a certain topic, in this case it being a lighter emitting heat and light. The only cons to this resource is that it isn’t as comprehensive as the others and it is an older reference.
The following organization serves a major role in promoting teaching reform that helps tackle the issues of alternative misconceptions and proposing ideas on how to solve these problems by improved teaching methods.
6. The following e-book is extremely useful in pinpointing a wide variety of alternate conceptions in chemistry. However, the downside to this resource is that it is much to long to quickly refer to specific parts of it, rather one would have to note where certain misconceptions and their teaching style solutions are present.