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The study was designed to diagnose high school students‟ Mathematics misconceptions through a descriptive survey. The 1500 students from 50 high schools of Lahore were selected by using a two-stage cluster random sampling technique. The misconceptions two-tiered test was developed after reviewing the literature and textbooks which cover various topics of Mathematics i.e. real and complex numbers, linear equations and inequalities, algebraic expressions and formula (surds), quadratic equations, algebraic manipulation, variation (ratio), sets and functions. The data were analyzed through item wise content analysis technique. It is concluded from the results that high school students have numerous misconceptions in the content of Mathematics. Students were memorized properties and shortcuts to work with Mathematics problems. Correspondingly, they were unable to write the reasons. It is recommended from the results that textbook of Mathematics at the secondary level may be revised by experts keeping in mind that the content like LCM, HCF, sets and functions, inequality, radicals (surds), factorizations and complex numbers, etc. given in textbooks should help students to remove their misconception instead of leading to misconception.

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