Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA (JPPIPA)
Vol. 7 No. 4 (2021): October

Development of Four Tier Multiple Choice Diagnostic Tests to Know Students' Misconceptions in Science Learning

Juliani Juliani (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Yusrizal Yusrizal (Unknown)
Ismul Huda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Oct 2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine the quality of the four-tier multiple choice diagnostic test instrument and the level of students' misconceptions. The research method used is research and development (R&D). The population in this study were class IX students at MTs Negeri 2 Aceh Besar. The number of samples consisted of 112 students in group A, each class consisted of 16 students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research instrument used is a four-tier multiple choice diagnostic test. The data analysis technique in the validation test obtained a high and valid Aiken's V coefficient value. The results in terms of item analysis quantitatively obtained the validity of the questions 75% valid and 15% invalid, the reliability test was 0.786 high category. The level of difficulty of the questions includes 85% too easy questions and 15% easy questions. The differentiating power of the questions obtained in each category is 5% very good, 55% good, 20% sufficient and 20% bad. The results of the students' level of misconceptions using the four-tier multiple choice diagnostic test were obtained from the results of the overall analysis of students with an average of 21.76% and the results of the item analysis showed that the highest student misconceptions were in question number five with a percentage of 11.6% and the lowest found in question number four with a percentage of 0%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jppipa

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Education Materials Science & Nanotechnology Physics

Description

Science Educational Research Journal is international open access, published by Science Master Program of Science Education Graduate Program University of Mataram, contains scientific articles both in the form of research results and literature review that includes science, technology and teaching ...