S. Anggoro, A. Widodo, A. Suhandi
The research is done to investigate the understanding on the subtopic of Force and Motion that exists among the pre-services elementary teachers. The participants were 71 Elementary Teachers Study Program students in 6th and 77 one in 2nd semester at private university. Research instrument consisted of background information of respondents, belief of preconception and 8 questions that relates to Force and Motion with four alternative answers and their explained. Descriptive statistics such as percentage and bar chart were used for analyzing the data collected. Research findings have shown many participants have some misunderstand or misconception conception especially in free fall object, rest object, buoyant force and gravitation. This research recommends learning progression pre-services teachers to be exposed with conflict cognitive strategy for science conceptual change. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Doctor Study Program of Basic Education, Postgraduate School, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia; Teacher Training of Elementary Education Study Program, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Purwokerto, Indonesia; Biology Education Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia; Physics Education Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
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