A study of possible causes and remedies of misconceptions in physics from the perspective of information processing
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: An interesting feature of many of the misconceptions in physics is that they occur worldwide and seem to be independent of culture and learning environment.Moreover, misconceptions are resistant to change and may prevail up to university level.It seems reasonable to deduce from these features that a common underlying mechanism may explain the formation and persistence of misconceptions.The information processing model explains how all knowledge are formed, stored and retrieved in the mind of the learners.One may thus be able to understand and tread learners' misconceptions in terms of how learning takes place.The formation of some misconceptions may even be prevented before they are formed.The study discusses possible causes of misconceptions in the framework of information processing and the constructivist theory of learning as well as possible remedial actions on the basis of conceptual refinement and the variation theory.Examples from mechanics are used to illustrate proposed implementations.
Author: Miriam Lemmer
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2625494079