英文摘要
The paper reports on this study designed to use an open-ended questionnaire as a
diagnostic instrument, and using paper-pencil test and interview to identify the misconceptions on
acid and base held by elementary science teachers. There were a lot of misconceptions on acid and
base held by 6th graders, although they had learned the concepts on acid and base in their science
class. Moreover, pupils expressed that some their misconceptions was got from science teachers.
Therefore, to identify the misconceptions held by science teachers was very important for the
improvement of elementary science education.
The study found that teachers' misconceptions may be originated from: (1)overgeneralizaiton
their knowledge, (2)intuitive observation, (3)the wrong use in language, (4the transference of
misconception learning, (5)without the habit of doing experiment, and (6)influence by the incorrect
reference books. Since many misconceptions held by science teachers were similar to pupils',
teacter's incorrectly teaching may be an important factor to pupils' misconceptions. The relationship
between pupils' misconception on acid and base and those held by science teachers would be
discussed in the report.