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ERIC Number: EJ1328859
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1949-4289
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Pre-Service Science Teachers' Images and Misconceptions about Chemical Equilibrium
Eyceyurt-Türk, Gülseda; Tüzün, Ümmüye Nur
Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, v16 n4 p218-233 2021
Determining pre-service teachers' images and removing their misconceptions with scientifically true ones are very important so that these teachers could bring up students without misconceptions. In the current study, it was aimed to highlight pre-service science teachers' images and misconceptions about chemical equilibrium together and in detail. For this purpose, qualitative research was employed. The research was conducted on 20 pre-service science teachers educating at a university in middle Anatolia region. Worksheets were utilized as data collecting tools. In worksheets there was a question about making pre-service teachers draw four different scenarios for a given chemical equilibrium reaction at different times; at the beginning of the reaction, before the chemical equilibrium, at the chemical equilibrium, after the chemical equilibrium, but at a common temperature and then making them explain their drawings. Data was analysed through content analysis. The results lightened that pre-service science teachers' chemical equilibrium concept images were inadequate since their mental images about the concept were scientifically wrong. On the other hand, the preservice science teachers had different misconceptions. The most common misconceptions of preservice science teachers were as "Diatomic molecules form atoms and then these atoms form new chemicals (f:10).", "There are only products or activated complexes in the tank during and/or afterwards of the chemical equilibrium (f:15).", "Atoms could disappear and/or reappear (f:14).", and "Products are formed at the chemical equilibrium (f:17)." [This study was presented at the International Conference on New Horizons in Education 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.]
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: https://inased.org/epasrpi/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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