Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception NGM021

Insulation warms things (Newell & Ross, 1996; Lewis & Linn, 1994).

Items that test for misconception NGM021 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Conduction is the transfer of energ…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
NG046004	The air inside a glove will be at the same temperature as the air outside the glove throughout the day because the glove and the air inside of it started out at the same temperature as the air outside the glove and no thermal energy was transferred between them.	34%

Items that test for misconception NGM021 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
NG039003	A boy will feel cooler when he holds a blanket up between him and a radiator because the blanket is blocking the energy being given off by the radiator.	14%
NG102003	A person will feel cooler when she holds a blanket up between her and a campfire because the blanket is blocking the energy being radiated by the fire.	13%