Journal of General Education and Humanities
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): May

Exploration of Vocational School Students' Misconceptions of Circle Material

Ros Kristianti (SMA PGRI Kedawung, Cirebon)
Arif Muchyidin (IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon)
Budi Manfaat (IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 May 2022

Abstract

Misconceptions are ideas not following scientific understanding or understandings coined by experts in a field and can be in the form of an inaccurate understanding of concepts, use of wrong concepts, wrong classification of examples, or confusion of incorrect concepts. Understanding the correct concept is essential because there are still many misunderstandings (misconceptions); therefore, information about misconceptions is needed to avoid continuing misconceptions. This study aims to describe the misconceptions and causes of misconceptions in class XI AP 1 students at a private school in the city of Cirebon on the subject of circle equations. The form of research carried out in this study is qualitative research, with case study research methods. The data collection techniques used are 1) the test method, 2) the method of documenting the results of the answers of students who experience misconceptions, and 3) the interview method carried out on students who experience misconceptions. Based on the data analysis and discussion, it is concluded that 1) There is a misconception about a) the concept of a circle, b) the concept of the radius of a circle, c) the concept of the equation of a circle, and the position of a point on the circle. 2) The causes of misconceptions come from the teacher and the students themselves.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

gehu

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

The Journal of General Education and Humanities (GEHU) is a peer-reviewed scholarly online journal. The GEHU is published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. The GEHU is a non-profit journal whose publication is free of charge. The articles should be original, unpublished, and not ...