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A Study on Overcoming Misconceptions of 6th Graders About Equations
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine and overcome misconceptions of 6th graders about first degree
equations with one unknown. The study has a mixed research design and was conducted with 25 sixth graders in a
public school during the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. Data were collected through a test of 20
open-ended items developed by the researcher. The misconceptions were detected through descriptive analysis of the
test. Then, students were being taught based on activity-based instructional methods for eight hours. The test was also
given at the end of the instruction as a post-test to examine the effectiveness of the activity-based instruction with
overcoming their misconceptions. Data were analyzed by paired samples t test through SPSS 16.0. Findings indicated
that activity-based instruction was effective in overcoming students’ misconceptions.
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Publication Date
March 1, 2014
Submission Date
March 1, 2014
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Year 2014 Volume: 7 Number: 1