Measurement of Errors and Misconceptions

Authors: Dr. Manmeet (Baweja) Oberoi

Pages: 59-61

Abstract:

Despite the best efforts made by teachers, students do not grasp fundamental ideas covered in the class. The research studies indicate that a lot of researches have been done to diagnose errors and misconceptions among students to enhance students' understanding and better performance. All the errors are not misconceptions so it is important to identify the errors patterns on one hand and misconceptions on the other hand so that learning takes place in a correct and holistic manner. Many tools were used by different researchers to identify errors and misconceptions such as discussions, interviews, multiple choice tests, two tier tests and three tier tests etc. All these tools are discussed in this paper along with their benefits and limitations. This paper will help the future researchers and educators to identify the errors and misconceptions and it will also help to enhance the performance of the students in exams