Misconceptions Possessed by Undergraduate Students about the Topic “Solutions

dc.creator	Gamze Arıkıl
dc.creator	Birsen Kalın
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:08Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:08Z
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/993a8d2c965a478c894ebe7229c7dabf
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27390
dc.description	This study aims at identifying misconceptions of undergraduate students studying at different departments of Education Faculty and Arts & Sciences Faculty of Balıkesir University on the topic “solutions” and figures out the conceptual models of students about dissolution at particle level. For this reason, a questionnaire which consisted of 3 open-ended questions related to the density of solutions, particular structure of solutions and volume change in dissolution was applied to 416 students in 2006 – 2007 academic year after the topic “solutions” was taught. Responses of the students can be grouped under 5 headings which are “right”, “partially misconception”, “misconception”, “not responded”, and “failed to relate”. Each category’s frequency was calculated and identified misconceptions were categorized. Besides; interviews were conducted with 43 students. As a result of the study, students possess a number of misconceptions related to this topic and some recommendations are made to prevent them.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/9/EFMED_KME118.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-6086
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education , Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 177-206 (2010)
dc.subject	Undergraduate students
dc.subject	misconceptions
dc.subject	solution
dc.subject	density
dc.subject	particulate structure
dc.subject	dissolution.
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	Misconceptions Possessed by Undergraduate Students about the Topic “Solutions
dc.type	article