learning bug

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in the science learning doctor approach to diagnostic assessment, a learning bug is a flaw in the teaching-learning system due to a learner's ideas/thinking not matching the expected pre-requisite knowledge

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Read about 'The typology of learning impediments [Classifying learning bugs]'

Synonyms:
learning impediment, learning impediments

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.