Thursday, November 4, 2010

MISCONCEPTION ON LIQUID MEASUREMENT

As we all know that measuring is very important in our life nowadays. No doubt to say that it always happens in our life every seconds and every place we go. No matter what jobs we are going to do, either formal and informal, measuring is a part of human life cycle to complete their task.
 When it comes to the education field, it is very important to give the best verification of measuring to the students in meaning to ensure them really understand what object we are going to measure either it is liquid or gas. Misconception on capacity may arise among the students especially while teaching volume of liquid when comparing capacity of two containers that can hold more. Students often make the comparison on height rather than its capacity.
While perceptual comparisons can be made between two containers, students often choose the taller container even if the shorter one actually holds more. Therefore, it is good to reveal the knowledge of capacity by using direct comparisons.


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