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Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research into Children's Ideas

By: Drivers Squires
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415097657
ISBN-13: 9780415097659
Released: 10 Mar 1994
RRP: £20.99
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Absolutely essential in lesson planning - By: J. Harter, 20 Mar 2003
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 & alll 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 understanding of science & can attempt to challlenge these ideas before teaching the scientificallly accurate idea.
How can you teach science without reading this? - By: N. Ball, 02 Jul 2002
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 & 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 changes over time. This understanding, which is closely related to cognitive development, must affect the teaching of science. To teach science without understanding the nature of these misconceptions would be criminal.

This well written book details the research that has been done into the children's misconceptions, but does not suggest how to overcome the misconceptions. However, knowing the misconceptions that are held will enable you the teacher to target you teaching better & so deal with the misconception.

A revealing & sometimes amusing book. No science teacher should be without it.