Research on kindergarten and primary school students’ magnetic misconceptions and how to plan educational activities
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Because magnetism is such an abstract and complicated subject, it can be challenging for children to comprehend at times. Magnetism is a subject that youngsters find to be really exciting. The topic of magnetism is one that children find to be both fascinating and fascinating. There has not been nearly as much research done on how children perceive magnetism as there has been on other natural phenomena. This is even though youngsters consider magnetism to be something that is exciting. Despite the fact that children perceive magnetism to be more attractive than other natural phenomena, this is the case. This particular piece of research is regarded as an important piece of re-search owing to the fact that it has an impact on the way in which learning is experienced. The goal of this study is to analyze the misconceptions that are held by children who are enrolled in elementary school. The research will be conducted with the intention of providing teachers with a theoretical framework upon which they can construct educational activities that are relevant to the requirements of primary school pupils. The ability to construct educational activities that are pertinent to the requirements of elementary school kids will be made possible as a result of this innovation.
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