Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions of Covalent Bonding

dc.creator	Suat ÜNAL
dc.creator	Bayram Coştu
dc.creator	Alipaşa AYAS
dc.date	2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:47Z
dc.identifier	1304-6020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d93aefa90f42423b9a1636249f786297
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15509
dc.description	Since chemical bonding subject generally covers abstract concepts, it is one of the difficult subjects for students to understand. Therefore, most students have misconceptions about chemical bonding and its types. The aim of this study is to investigate eleventh grade students’ understanding about covalent bonding and to determine their related misconceptions. In the study, a test comprising four open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. The test used in the study was administered to 58 eleventh grade students in a public high school. 10 students selected randomly from the sample were also interviewed. Sound understanding, partial understanding, partial understanding with a specific misconception, specific misconceptions and no response/no understanding categories were used for analyzing students’ responses for both test and interview questions. Results showed that students had many misconceptions especially on the types or properties of atoms which form covalent bonding, how covalent bonding was formed, the types of covalent bonding, and the characteristics of giant covalent structures. Study presents some suggestions for teachers, curriculum developers and textbook authors to make students understand the subjects easier and to remediate their misconceptions.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Ekip Ltd. Sti
dc.relation	www.tused.org
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1304-6020
dc.source	Journal of Turkish Science Education, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 3-29 (2010)
dc.subject	Chemistry Education
dc.subject	Covalent Bonding
dc.subject	Students’ Understanding
dc.subject	Misconceptions
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions of Covalent Bonding
dc.type	article