Unveiling students’ misconceptions through computer simulation-based PDEODE learning strategy on dynamic electricity

Abstract

Several misconceptions occur in the students' conceptions especially in the dynamic electricity concept. Misconceptions is a student's understanding which are un-appropriate with the scientific conceptions. Furthermore, if the students' misconceptions have not been unveiled, they could be a problem in the next learning process. As a consequence, misconceptions are important faced to be changed so that students hold true conceptual understanding. In term of unveiling students' misconceptions, we highly need the learning process which is able to make students could understand the concept themselves. Researchers have been utilised computer simulation-based PDEODE (Predict, Discuss, Explain, Observe, Discuss and Explain) learning strategy. The purpose of the research is to unveil students' misconceptions through computer simulation-based PDEODE learning strategy on dynamic electricity. This research has been implemented using quasi experiment with pre-test and post-test group design. The sample who are involved in this research are consisted of 27 high school's students in the one of Bandung Barat regency and they are taken by purposive sampling technique. The research result state that the frequency of students' misconceptions decreases 0.21 in the low category. It can be concluded that the computer simulation-based PDEODE is able to unveil students' misconceptions on dynamic electricity.