Overview

This essential book offers friendly support and practical advice for dealing with the common misconceptions encountered in the primary science classroom.Most pupils will arrive at the science lesson with previously formed ideas, based on prior reasoning or experience. However these ideas are often founded on common misconceptions, which if left unexplained can continue into adulthood. This handy book offers advice for teachers on how to recognise and correct such misconceptions. Key features include: Examples from the entire range of QCA Scheme of Work topics for Key Stages 1 and 2Practical strategies to improve pupils’ learningSupport for teachers who want to improve their own scientific subject knowledge Michael Allen describes over 100 common misconceptions and their potential origins, and then explains the correct principles. He suggests creative activities to help students to grasp the underlying scientific concepts and bring them alive in the classroom.This easy to navigate guide is grouped into three parts; life processes and living things; materials and their properties; and physical processes.

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Author:   Michael Allen
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.487kg
ISBN:  

9780335235889

ISBN 10:   0335235883
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   16 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   033526266X
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface How to use this bookPart one Introduction A) How do people learn science? B) How can we elicit, recognise and correct science misconceptions? Part two Life Processes and Living Things 1Concept of living 2Classification 3 Circulation 4Breathing 5Nutrition 6Feeding relationships 7Microbes and disease 8Heredity and variation Part three Materials and their properties 9Chemical changes in materials 10Particles 11States of matter 12Earth science Part four Physical processes 13Forces 14Floating and sinking 15Electricity and magnetism 16Light 17Sound 18Earth and space 19Heat Science glossary The relevance of the QCA primary science scheme of work topics to the misconception entries Bibliography

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Michael Allen is Lecturer in Science Education at Brunel University, UK and has a PhD in science education.

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