During the classroom discussion on concept of water, a child responded, "water is not colourless". On enquiring by the teacher, child gave reference of dirty water which he had seen in a drain near his home. A teacher respond to this misconception of the child by:?

Option 3 : accept the response and explain the logic of calling the water colourless 

Misconceptions refer to a wrong or inaccurate idea that takes place due to the mismatch in previously assimilated and the newly accommodated knowledge. 

• misconceptions in students' life are playing important role in the teaching-learning process. They are necessary for the learning process to give insight into students' thinking.

Misconceptions can be improved by:

• The teacher should accept the responses in the classroom and act accordingly. as this will motivate the child to at least give answers and take their turns.

• Teachers should provide a forum for students to confront their misconceptions and should help students reconstruct and internalize their knowledge.

• Teachers should have to explain full concepts and logic regarding the problem and misconceptions.

• Use various techniques such as discovery learning, which helps students to identify and correct their misconceptions.
• By listening to the diverse answers of the students. children will also gain something and the teacher will be able to understand the child's previous knowledge and act accordingly.

Hence from the above points, we can conclude that Accepting responses and providing logic to a certain topic will help in better understanding.