Lise Öğrencilerinin Onuncu Sınıf Fizik Dersi Elektrik Konusundaki Ön Bilgilerinin Tespit Edilmesi

Abstract

Prior knowledge of the students before the teaching is one of the issues that the teacher should deal with. It is also important to identify students' prior knowledge about electricity, which contains many misconceptions and misunderstandings. In this study, it is aimed to develop a multiple choice achievement test in order to determine the prior knowledge of tenth grade students and to identify in which concepts the students have incomplete information. In this research, cross-sectional survey model, which is a kind of survey methods, was used. An achievement test consisting of 15 multiple-choice questions with five options was developed and applied to 373 tenth grade students. Mean and factor analysis were used in the analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the research, it was determined that students were successful in symbols of electrical circuit elements in terms of prior knowledge. It can be said that the students are weak in terms of building electrical circuit, resistance of the bulb, serial and parallel connection and Ohm's law. It may be suggested to physics teachers working in high schools to remind them about the concepts of building electrical circuit, resistance of the bulb, serial and parallel connection before starting the teaching of electricity.