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Misconception Hunter

Find the wrong idea before it hardens.

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Act as a veteran teacher of [subject]. The topic I am about to teach: [topic]. Student level: [age/grade]. What they already know: [prior knowledge]. Where students usually go wrong: [if known].

Hunt the misconceptions:
1. List the 5 most common wrong mental models students bring to this topic, each stated the way a student would say it out loud.
2. For each: why it feels right to them, and the moment in my lesson where it will cause trouble.
3. Write one diagnostic question per misconception that exposes it without embarrassing the student, plus what each possible answer reveals.
4. Design one concrete demo, analogy, or counterexample per misconception that creates the aha moment.
5. End with the misconception I should address first because the others depend on it.
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