Misconception of heat and temperature Among physics students (original) (raw)
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Unnes Science Education Journal, 2021
Learners bring various misconceptions to class. The study explored learners' misconception prevalence about heat and temperature among Grade nine Natural Sciences learners. A single case study design with 30 Grade nine learners from one secondary school in Magatle Circuit. The Heat and Temperature Concept Questionnaire (HTCQ) was used to elicit learners' misconceptions. For each questionnaire item, percentage frequencies of incorrect, correct, and unanswered responses were calculated. The overall prevalence of misconceptions regarding heat and temperature among learners ranged from 40 to 93% (Mean 68.0% SD = 6.3), with the highest prevalence in thermal dynamic questions. The correct responses ranged from 0 to 57% (Mean = 25.1, SD = 7.1) where most learners scored between 20-30%, while unanswered questions ranged from 0 to 13% (Mean = 6.9, SD = 1.3). These results show a high prevalence of misconceptions. They could not explain how heat travels within molecules of different objects because of the lack of a link between every knowledge and school science. The findings of this study have several implications for classroom planning, teaching, and the designing of learning materials.
International Journal of STEM Education for Sustainability
This study aimed to determine the mastery of the concept of students on material temperature and heat. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The research subjects were class XI students of school A Samarinda, school B Samarinda, school C Samarinda, and school D Samarinda. The data collection technique used was purposive sampling. Data on concept mastery was obtained using a multiple-choice test instrument totaling 24 items based on the revised bloom taxonomy indicator. The research results on mastering the concept of school A Samarinda at C1 level 79%, C2 level 67%, C3 level 63%, C4 level 63%, C5 level 57%, and C6 level 50%. Concept mastery of school B Samarinda at C1 level 83%, C2 level 68%, C3 level 56%, C4 level 56%, C5 level 55%, and C6 level 47%. Mastery of school C Samarinda concepts at C1 level 88%, C2 level 75%, C3 level 65%, C4 level 59%, C5 level 49%, and C6 level 38%. mastery of school D Samarinda concept at C1 level 86%, C2 level 68%, C3 level 61%, C4 level ...
Profile Analysis of Students' Concept Understanding on Heat and Temperature
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This research is aimed to know students" concept understanding profile on heat and temperature. This research is descriptive research using a qualitative approach. Subjects of this research are 10th-grade students in Surakarta in the academic year of 2016/ 2017. They represent high, medium, and low categorized school. Subject selection is based on the average score of physics at the latest four years. This research uses the question of extended response test through essay question. Before having given to the subjects, essay questions are validated by the experts. Based on the research result and the data analysis, students" concept understanding on heat and temperature as follows: (1) The average percentage of students" concept understanding at high categorized school is 60,66%, at medium categorized school is 51,47%, and at low categorized school is 48,83%, (2) Most students have misconception on basic concept of heat and temperature such as heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and expansion concept.
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In this study, the misconceptions that the students have about heat and temperature and the reasons behind it have been focused. Members of study group include 60 second grade students of the Faculty of Education of Ahi Evran University during 2009-2010 school year. Multiple-choice tests have been used to be able find out misconceptions. In this test, also entitled as "Diagnostic Test", there is a space where students are expected to write why they have chosen that particular option after a number of items including the right answer along with confounding options. In addition, the misconceptions of teacher candidates have been put forth as an outcome of the analysis of data about heat and temperature.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019
Temperature and heat are physics materials whose concepts we often encounter in everyday life. The existence of these events is to enable students to improve analytical thinking in connect phenomena that occur with the concept of physics. Analytical thinking is something that must be owned in the 21st century. Where students are required to be able to analyze, solve problems and provide appropriate solutions. This method is based on the analytical ability of students in high school. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. The research subjects were students of SMA N 1 Mojolaban with a total of 69 students who had obtained temperature and heat material. The collection data is carried out with test instruments that are made in accordance with the indicators of analytical thinking. The results of this study showed that students had low analytical thinking and misunderstanding the concept of heat temperature. Based on the profiles of students' analytical thinking cognitive processes are still low with differentiating results of 50.97%, organizing 43.24%, and attributing 32.00%.
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Assessment of Learners' learning about Temperature and Heat concepts
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