What We Call Misconceptions May Be Necessary Stepping-Stones Toward Making Sense of the World.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Campbell, Todd, ; Schwarz, Christina, ; Windschitl, Mark,
- Source
- Science Teacher; Mar2016, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p69-74, 6p
- Subject
- Common misconceptions
Next Generation Science Standards (Education)
Science students
Reasoning
Science education
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368555
The article offers helpful tips for discussing misconceptions of students then making corrections through sense-making activities as to the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Topics covered include examples of strategies to support sense-making activities for students and the response of teachers to improve the reasoning of students. Also mentioned are sense-making discussions with the whole class or with a smaller group of students.