investigating Students' Misconception in High School Chemistry Education

Misconceptions refer to any kind of false notions that cause non-scientific beliefs, confused concepts, simple concepts and theories without scientific roots .Misconceptionscover a wide range of scientific concepts. Misconceptions not only in chemistry, but inother fields at all levels cause major problems for science educators, scientificresearchers, teachers and students. If the concept in question is scientifically abstract andincomprehensible concepts, it will be much more necessary to recognize Misconceptionsand deal with them. The present article, is a kind of review article in which the subject ofcommon Misconceptions of students in teaching chemistry in the high school has beendiscussed. In explaining chemistry concepts, vague terms and definitions should not beused and clear and understandable explanations should be used. Teachers should refrainfrom providing redundant data to students. It is also a very good solution for teachers tobe familiar with different types of misconceptions in different lessons.

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Misconception ، Chemistry education ، Chemistry ، Education.