Research Article

Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test

Volume: 9 Number: 1 June 30, 2019
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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

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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

APA
Bozdağ, H. C., & Ok, G. (2019). Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences, 9(1), 199-225. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.413369
AMA
1.Bozdağ HC, Ok G. Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test. AUJES. 2019;9(1):199-225. doi:10.17984/adyuebd.413369
Chicago
Bozdağ, Hüseyin Cihan, and Gökçe Ok. 2019. “Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 9 (1): 199-225. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.413369.
EndNote
Bozdağ HC, Ok G (June 1, 2019) Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 9 1 199–225.
IEEE
[1]H. C. Bozdağ and G. Ok, “Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test”, AUJES, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 199–225, June 2019, doi: 10.17984/adyuebd.413369.
ISNAD
Bozdağ, Hüseyin Cihan - Ok, Gökçe. “Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 9/1 (June 1, 2019): 199-225. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.413369.
JAMA
1.Bozdağ HC, Ok G. Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test. AUJES. 2019;9:199–225.
MLA
Bozdağ, Hüseyin Cihan, and Gökçe Ok. “Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences, vol. 9, no. 1, June 2019, pp. 199-25, doi:10.17984/adyuebd.413369.
Vancouver
1.Hüseyin Cihan Bozdağ, Gökçe Ok. Determination of the Knowledge Awareness and Misconceptions of Sixth Grade Students about the Cell With Four Tier Test. AUJES. 2019 Jun. 1;9(1):199-225. doi:10.17984/adyuebd.413369

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