{"id":74,"date":"2011-06-20T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:17:01","slug":"page21-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=74","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Teacher Misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

After determining the science content domain of the teacher assessment, teacher misconceptions were identified for each of the sub-ideas listed in the content clarifications<\/a> in two ways: (1) through a literature review of misconceptions, and (2) through open-ended tasks about the specific science content.\u00a0 Although there is a substantial amount of literature on student misconceptions for some science content areas, literature on teacher <\/em>misconceptions was sparse.\u00a0 We administered open-ended tasks to teachers and found that often, teachers had\u00a0the same misconceptions as students.<\/p>\n

Approximately 100 teachers were asked to respond to open-ended question about the teaching of the science content area targeted. A sample item is shown below.<\/p>\n

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A teacher poses the following question to her students: \u201dIn the winter, some trees lose all their leaves.\u00a0 How do they get the energy they need to survive?\u201c <\/em><\/strong>One student responds,<\/p>\n

\u201dThe tree needs its leaves to make energy from sunlight, so it must get the energy another way.\u00a0 I think it gets the energy by breaking down what it brings in from the soil through its roots.\u201c <\/strong><\/p>\n

What aspects of this student\u2019s response, if any, are correct?\u00a0 What aspects of this student\u2019s response, if any, are incorrect?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A collection of open-ended items about each content area, including the open-ended items used to identify teacher misconceptions, can be found in Released Open-Ended Teacher Items<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information about eliciting student thinking, which has much in common with eliciting teacher thinking, can be found in the Eliciting Student Thinking Training<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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