Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test
Abstract
In this study, the purpose is to determine the misconceptions and knowledge awareness of sixth grade students about the cell by using four tier Cell Conceptual Measuring Tool (CCMT). The study was conducted with 388 (184 female and 204 male) students studying at a state middle school in Izmir city center. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistical techniques were used. According to the results obtained, it was determined that the students had low conceptual understanding rates about the cell. In the other hand, it has been determined that students respond confidently to concepts that are incompatible with scientific facts as a result of analysis of student responses based on confidence levels. In this context, ten different misconceptions have been identified, four of them are strong-level and six are intermediate-level. As a result, the presence of strong-level misconceptions within the identified misconceptions indicates that there are misconceptions which are more tightly adhered to the cognitive structure of the students.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 30, 2019
Submission Date
April 6, 2018
Acceptance Date
February 22, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 1