Overcoming Junior High School Students' Misconceptions About Microscopic Views of Phase Change: A Study of an Analogy Activity

摘要

This study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of an analogy activity, which was designed to overcome junior high students' misconceptions about the microscopic views of phase change. Eighty Taiwanese 8~th graders were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group. For the control group, the subjects were instructed through tra - ditional teaching whereas for the experimental group, an analogy activity was conducted on students.