Misconceptions

TSS defines misconceptions as wrong ideas that a student may have. They can develop because the student may limited knowledge in other domains, they may have limited symbolic tools they can use, or they may have developed relationships between ideas that may hinder the development of creating new relationships (TSS, 2007).

(2007). Knowledge and Understanding of the Natural World. In Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 (pp. 333-355). Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.