The Students Conception About Kinematics - Displacement and Distance Concept

Jeffry Handhika, Tantri Mayasari, Farida Huriawati, Andista Candra Yusro, Mislan Sasono, Purwandari Purwandari, Erawan Kurniadi

2018

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the student's conception of the displacement and distance in physics learning. Student conceptions explained. The students' conceptions derived from test results and interviews. This research is descriptive qualitative research, by profiling and grouping student answers. The population of this research is physics education student in PGRI Madiun University academic year 2017/2018. The sampling technique used purposive sampling (12 Students). Negative case analysis techniques were used in this research to reveal the cause of misconception and incorrect conception. It found that 75% of students assumed that the displacement is equal to the distance. Incorrect conceptions arise because (1) little understanding of scalar and vector concepts, (2) Students only focus on solving math problems (3) Students do not know the magnitude of displacement. Understanding vector and scalar concepts need to emphasize. Presenting simultaneous problem of displacement and distance can reveal the student's conception more deeply.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Handhika J., Mayasari T., Huriawati F., Yusro A., Sasono M., Purwandari P. and Kurniadi E. (2018). The Students Conception About Kinematics - Displacement and Distance Concept.In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH, ISBN 978-989-758-343-8, pages 142-146. DOI: 10.5220/0007416801420146

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ancosh18,
author={Jeffry Handhika and Tantri Mayasari and Farida Huriawati and Andista Candra Yusro and Mislan Sasono and Purwandari Purwandari and Erawan Kurniadi},
title={The Students Conception About Kinematics - Displacement and Distance Concept},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,},
year={2018},
pages={142-146},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007416801420146},
isbn={978-989-758-343-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,
TI - The Students Conception About Kinematics - Displacement and Distance Concept
SN - 978-989-758-343-8
AU - Handhika J.
AU - Mayasari T.
AU - Huriawati F.
AU - Yusro A.
AU - Sasono M.
AU - Purwandari P.
AU - Kurniadi E.
PY - 2018
SP - 142
EP - 146
DO - 10.5220/0007416801420146