The main purpose of the present study was to
investigate second year classroom teacher education students’ misconceptions
and learning difficulties related to gas concepts. The study was carried out
during the last academic year at a state university in Turkey. About 100 second
year students were the participants of the study. Gas Concept Test developed by
Yalçınkaya (2010) was administered to the students to determine the students’
misconceptions and their understanding of gas concepts. The results revealed that the students had
misconceptions, such as gas particles expand when heated, shrink when cooled;
particles are unevenly scattered in any enclosed space; particles rise and stay
away from heat, etc. The misconceptions and learning difficulties of the
classroom teacher students should be remedied by suitable conceptual change
strategies. So, these erroneous ideas cannot pass on primary pupils.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Basic Sciences and Engineering |
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Publication Date | July 31, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 2 Issue: 3 |