EDUHUMANIORA: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar
Vol 17, No 1: January 2025

Analysis of Student Misconceptions on the Solar System Material Using the Four-Tier Test Instrument

Fitriyani, Fitriyani (Unknown)
Atmojo, Idam Ragil Widianto (Unknown)
Yamtinah, Sri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Jan 2025

Abstract

Misconception is a misunderstanding or inaccurate understanding of a certain concept or information. Category misconceptions are still common in elementary school sixth grade students, the occurrence of misconception can be due to several factors. This research aims to identify and discredit misconceptions of elementary school sixth grade students in the eye of solar system material IPA lessons. Data collection method using four-tier test instruments. The approach used in the research is a quantitative approach. The research was carried out at the State SD 2 Nadi Bulukerto district. The population in the study was class VI students. The study sample is 16 students who have studied the material of the Solar System. Data from the research was analyzed using descriptive quantitative analysis. The results of the study showed that misconceptions that occurred in elementary school students belonged to the "Medium" misconception category with a percentage of 53,125%. Students experienced the highest misconcept on the following four concepts: 1) planetary arrangement in orbit; 2) planetary identification based on its characteristics; 3) elements on Saturn's planetary rings; and 4) celestial objects that include stars.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eduhumaniora

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education

Description

Eduhumaniora is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes different kinds of scientific articles based on the research-article and ideas-article. All topics that we received only articles relating to elementary education fields. For research category, articles can be written using ...