The relation among students' gender, socio-economic status, interest, experience and misconceptions about static electricity at ninth grade level

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Koçyiğit, Şenkoç

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This study was designed to identify ninth grade students̕ misconceptions about static electricity concept and to determine relationship among students̕ gender, socio-economic status, interest, experience with students̕ misconceptions about static electricity. For this study, Static Electricity Concept Test (SECT) and Socio-Economic Status, Interest and Experience Questionnaire about Static Electricity (SESIEQ) were developed to assess students̕ misconceptions related to static electricity and their socio-economic status, interest and experience about static electricity, respectively. This study was carried out during 2002-2003 spring semester with 1260 ninth grade students from 9 Anatolian and regular high schools in Çankaya and Mamak districts of Ankara. Findings of the concept test indicated that many students had misconceptions about static electricity. Negative and significant relationships among students̕ gender, socio-economic status, interest, experience and misconception scores were found. The difference between misconception scores of male and female students was significant in favor of males. However, when the data were analyzed using ANCOVA while controlling students̕ socio-economic status, interest in static electricity and experience about static electricity, no difference was observed between the misconception scores of male and female students.

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Gender identity in education, Physics, Education, Students

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1049634/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13734

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Ş. Koçyiğit, “The relation among students’ gender, socio-economic status, interest, experience and misconceptions about static electricity at ninth grade level,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.