Misconceptions about science subjects and self-
efficacy of teachers and pre-service teachers have
been the focus of researchers and educators for a
few decades. Students alternative conceptions or
naïve conceptions due to lack of scientific
knowledge are called misconceptions. Students
construct new concepts on prior knowledge. They
fail constructing new concepts when they carry
misconceptions. Research shows that students have
misconceptions about many biology subjects; however,
the effects of prior physics and chemistry
knowledge on learning biology have not been studied
extensively. This book attempts to provide in-depth
information about how the pre-service teachers
beliefs and prior knowledge of physics and
chemistry influence their own and their students
learning of biology concepts and achievement in
biology by using a science concept test developed by
the author. Previous research suggests that teachers
who carry misconceptions are likely to introduce
them to their students. The teacher development
institutes, faculty members, researchers, pre-
service teachers and the students can benefit from
this book.
efficacy of teachers and pre-service teachers have
been the focus of researchers and educators for a
few decades. Students alternative conceptions or
naïve conceptions due to lack of scientific
knowledge are called misconceptions. Students
construct new concepts on prior knowledge. They
fail constructing new concepts when they carry
misconceptions. Research shows that students have
misconceptions about many biology subjects; however,
the effects of prior physics and chemistry
knowledge on learning biology have not been studied
extensively. This book attempts to provide in-depth
information about how the pre-service teachers
beliefs and prior knowledge of physics and
chemistry influence their own and their students
learning of biology concepts and achievement in
biology by using a science concept test developed by
the author. Previous research suggests that teachers
who carry misconceptions are likely to introduce
them to their students. The teacher development
institutes, faculty members, researchers, pre-
service teachers and the students can benefit from
this book.