Profile of Conceptual Understanding and Misconceptions of Students in Heat and Temperature

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10.2991/assehr.k.201230.192How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Conceptual understanding, Misconception, Heat, Temperature

Abstract

This study was aimed to describe the level of conceptual understanding and misconceptions of students in heat and temperature. This research used descriptive methods. The research subjects were high school students in SMA Pusri Palembang totaled 42 students. Samples were selected based on purposive sampling. Data were collected through tests. The test instrument used is a set of diagnostic test questions that have been developed previously, namely the Indonesian version of the HTCE instrument. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Research shows that 28.87% of students understood the concept of changing the form of a substance; 59.52% of students did not understand the concept of the heat transfer properties of materials; and the highest misconception of 42.86% in the concept of temperature. These results indicate that the applied learning has not had a maximum impact on students understanding of concepts, so it needs learning innovation as a whole. One of the learning innovations that can be done is making conceptual change text.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Saparini
AU  - Murniati
AU  - Syuhendri
AU  - Widya Rahmatika Rizaldi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/02
TI  - Profile of Conceptual Understanding and Misconceptions of Students in Heat and Temperature
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 751
EP  - 756
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201230.192
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