Mistakes, errors and misconceptions: 6 ways to develop your assessment skills

By Andy Chandler-Grevatt2021-04-06T06:05:00

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Learn how to use your subject knowledge to avoid learning errors

This article in the Elements of assessment literacy series helps you to use your subject knowledge to recognise and understand student misconceptions. The previous article outlined effective strategies to develop a mental map of your subject knowledge.

This article describes four strategies to boost your awareness of and strategies for tackling errors, mistakes and misconceptions in your teaching, with an example drawn from the chemistry curriculum.

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