The use of astronomy questions as an instrument to detect student's misconceptions regarding physics concepts at high school level by using CRI (Certainty of Response Index) as identification methods

摘要

Theaimofthisresearchistodetectmisconceptionsintheconceptofphysicsathighschoollevelbyusingastronomyquestionsasatestinginstrument.Misconceptionisdefinedasathoughtoranideathatisdifferentfromwhathasbeenagreedbyexpertswhoarereliableinthefield,anditisbelievedtointerferewiththeacquisitionofnewunderstandingandintegrationofnewknowledgeorskills.Whilelackofconceptorknowledgecanbecorrectedwiththenextinstructionandlearning,studentswhohavemisconceptionshaveto"unlearn"theirmisconceptionbeforelearningacorrectone.Therefore,theabilitytodifferentiatebetweenthesetwothingsbecomescrucial.CRIisoneofthemethodsthatcanidentifyefficiently,betweenmisconceptionsandlackofknowledgethatoccurinthestudents.Thisresearchusedquantitative-descriptivemethodwithex-post-factoresearchapproach.Aninstrumentusedforthetestisastronomyquestionsthatrequireanunderstandingofphysicsconceptstosolvetheproblem.Byusingastronomyquestions,itisexpectedtoraiseabetterunderstandingsuchthataconceptcanbeviewedfromvariousfieldsofscience.Basedontestresults,misconceptionsarefoundonseveraltopicsofphysics.Thistestalsorevealedthatstudent'sabilitytoanalyseaproblemisstillquitelow...