Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception NGM020

Thermal energy is transferred by conduction through certain materials such as metals but not through other materials such as wood. “The wooden spoon does not conduct heat at all, whereas the metal spoon was quite a good conductor of heat” (Brook et al., 1984). Students may think that a material either conducts thermal energy or it doesn’t.

Items that test for misconception NGM020 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Energy is transferred through a mat…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
RG140002	Energy will be transferred primarily by convection through liquid water and by conduction through solid iron.	19%