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Absolutely essential in lesson planning I bought this book as a student teacher on the recommendation of my tutors. It is now an integral part of my lesson planning as it enables me to anticipate pupil misconceptions. The book examines childerens ideas about the natural world topic by topic, highlighting some commonly held beliefs (such as plants feeding from soil, air being a pure substance and all metals being attracted to a magnet). In using this book I have become more aware of the misconceptions that pupils (and adults!) hold in their... more info
How can you teach science without reading this? Any teacher who has ever stood in the front of a class teaching science will, at some time, have encountered some amazing misconceptions held by their pupils. These ideas have come from the children's own life experience.
The late Rosalind Driver and her team at the Children's Learning in Science Research Group at Leeds University have put together a book that looks in detail at many of the common misconceptions held by children in the field of science. It looks in detail at how children's understanding... more info
