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Received: August 12, 2022 Abstract: In physics learning, often encountered misconceptions experienced by students,
Revised: April 19, 2023 one of which is in the material of straight motion. In addition to misconceptions, the causes
Accepted: April 27, 2023 of misconceptions also need to be known by the teacher. By knowing the misconceptions and
Published: April 30, 2023 their causes that occur to students so that teachers can improve the learning process and
improve student learning outcomes. This study aims to analyze the profile of students'
Corresponding Author: misconceptions and their causes in the material of straight motion. The instrument used in
Fatni Mufit identifying misconceptions and their causes is Six-Tier Multiple Choice which consists of 17
fatni_mufit@fmipa.unp.ac.id multiple choice questions at six levels. The type of research used is descriptive research with
a quantitative approach. The population in this study were students of class X MIPA SMA
DOI: 10.29303/jppipa.v9i4.2001 Negeri in Regency of Solok Selatan. The sample in this study were three schools with high,
medium and low categories in Regency of Solok Selatan with a total sample of 195 students.
© 2023 The Authors. This open Sampling in this study used a purposive sampling technique. Overall, the results of the study
access article is distributed under at SMA Solok Selatan Regency found that misconceptions were classified as low at 19.37%.
a (CC-BY License) The results showed that 17.57% of misconceptions occurred in SMA A, 21.48% in SMA B and
18.09% in SMA C. The highest misconceptions occurred in schools with moderate categories,
followed by schools with low categories and schools with high categories. The main cause of
misconceptions is the personal thinking of students with a percentage of 42.50%.
that, students will conclude these concepts into an structured way to solve various phenomena that occur
understanding. in straight motion material.
In the world of education, educators often find In straight motion material, students find it difficult
students who have an understanding of concepts that to identify the magnitudes of speed, acceleration,
deviate from concepts that are accepted by experts and distance and displacement (Tarisalia, et al., 2020).
scientifically. These deviant concepts are known as Rohmah and Handhika (2018) explain the
misconceptions (wrong concepts) or alternative misconceptions about straight motion material that
concepts (Suparno, 2013), non-scientific beliefs, naive occur to students including 44% in free fall motion, 21%
theories, mixed conceptions, or conceptual on the concept of speed and acceleration, 32% on vertical
misunderstandings (Alwan, 2011). Misunderstanding of upward motion, 5% on the concept of distance and
a particular event or concept experienced by a person as displacement, 32% on the concept of speed, 16% on the
a result of the concept that has been built is not in uniform straight motion, and 39% on the concept of
accordance with the scientific understanding put motion in a straight line changes uniformly. In addition
forward by experts is called a misconception (Shalihah to misconceptions by the students themselves, in physics
et al., 2016). Misconception is a mistake in learning there are also misconceptions caused by
understanding the concept of learning material that can educators.
cause a mismatch between the concepts possessed by Identification of misconceptions and their causes is
someone with scientific concepts or concepts owned by needed to prevent students' misconceptions in learning
scientists (Artiawati et al., 2016). physics in straight motion material. Identification and
Understanding the wrong concepts in students is assessment of misconceptions is an important thing to
very influential on learning. Misconceptions will do both before learning and after learning because
consistently affect the effectiveness of the students handling misconceptions can be done effectively if the
learning process in the future (Wahyuningsih et al., misconceptions are clearly known (Akmali, 2018). To
2013). The impact of misconceptions that occur on identify misconceptions and their causes can be done by
students will hinder the learning process Hermita et al. means of diagnostic tests.
(2017), because students will be more confident in the Diagnostic tests are used to find out whether
concepts they have and reject the concepts of experts. students have misconceptions or not and also the causes
Akmali (2018) explains that misconceptions can have of students failing in the learning process (Suwarto,
more severe effects and can hinder the development of 2013) which are arranged in the form of multiple choice
science and technology if they occur in large numbers of or multiple choice. According to Kirbulut and Geban
students. (2014) multiple choice tests are a more efficient way of
Misconceptions will result in low student learning identifying misconceptions than interviews. However,
outcomes if they are not followed up properly. The effect this multiple choice also still has several weaknesses,
of this misconception has often been stated in various such as when working on the problem, the answer can
studies in Indonesia. Among them, Saehana et al. (2020), be guessed by students without the need to understand
found in their research that one of the causes of low the material from the problem being worked on and the
physics learning outcomes for high school students in teacher also has difficulty making a homogeneous and
Palu City is the high level of misconceptions. Then functional distracting answer. To overcome these
Mosik (2010) in his research that uses a cognitive conflict difficulties, the multiple choice test was developed into
approach to reduce student misconceptions at SMP 1 a multilevel model test starting from one tier/one level,
Semarang gets student learning outcomes to increase two tier/two levels, three tier/three levels, four
after misconceptions are successfully minimized. From tier/four levels, and recently developed the five tier
the two research results, it can be seen that there is an (Anam et al., 2019). Five-tier can be used to diagnose the
influence of misconceptions on learning outcomes. conception of science (Rosita et al., 2020). In addition, it
Misconceptions can hinder learning progress can analyze more deeply and assist teachers in
(Mufit et al., 2019). This has a big impact on learning improving student learning outcomes (Mufit et al.,
physics for students. The misunderstanding of physics 2022). Various diagnostic test methods have been
learning by students will affect the next physics learning developed which each have their own advantages and
(Mufit & Fauzan, 2019). In physics subjects, there are disadvantages.
very many misconceptions that occur, one of which is In the matter of straight motion, the five-tier
the material of straight motion (Yolanda, 2017). Straight instrument developed by Hidayatullah (2022) is used to
motion is a physics learning material that observes analyze the students' misconceptions. Furthermore, to
natural phenomena related to the movement of an object find out the cause of the misconception, one more tier
that forms a straight path. Understanding the right was added, namely the six tier. A six-tier multiple choice
concepts is needed in building students' knowledge in a instrument is needed in detecting misconceptions
experienced by students as well as analyzing students'
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understanding of the straight motion material and the students in the material of straight motion. Therefore,
causes of these misconceptions. this study aims to analyze the profile of students'
Based on the facts in the field at the three schools misconceptions and their causes in the straight motion
that were observed, the level of students' understanding material at SMA Solok Selatan Regency.
of the concept of straight motion is still relatively low.
The findings recorded at three public schools in South Method
Solok were based on the daily assessments of test scores
related to linear motion topics, which fell short of This type of research is characterized as a
meeting the Minimum Completeness Criteria, namely descriptive research using a quantitative methodology..
the average value of class X students (ten) 60.50; 71.50 This descriptive research was conducted to find out the
and 42.70. Based on the results of discussions with real picture without treating students systematically and
teachers of physics subjects in these three schools, there accurately about the facts of the phenomena being
are still many students who have a low level of investigated. The quantitative methodology is a
understanding on the material of straight motion. One technique that employs digits, commencing from data
of them is in the sub-material of distance and gathering, analysis of the data, and presentation of the
displacement. Students still assume that distance and findings (Arikunto, 2013). This research was conducted
displacement are the same whereas basically they are from April 27 to May 27, 2022. The number of samples
very different. Besides that, The teacher has also never was 195 students consisting of 77 students from SMA A,
carried out the identification process of the 55 students from SMA B and 63 students from SMA C.
misconceptions experienced by students. Based on the The following is the form of the Six-tier multiple choice
above problems, an appropriate identification process is instrument used.
needed to detect misconceptions experienced by
The Six-tier multiple choice instrument consists of tier pertains to the assurance level of pupils when
the first level being multiple choice questions. The next responding to queries at the primary tier. The
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50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
SMA A SMA B SMA C SMA A SMA B SMA C SMA A SMA B SMA C SMA A SMA B SMA C
Scientific Conception Almost Scientific Lack of Knowledge Misconceptions
Conception
Figure 2. Bar chart of the average percentage level of understanding of students in SMA A, SMA B, and SMA C
Straight motion concept many students choose the answer that an object is said
The straight line consists of 3 questions, namely to be moving if the object experiences a change in
items number 1, 2, and 3. In item number 1, position in terms of its reference point. In item number 2
misconceptions are identified. This includes the lowest as many as 22.00% of students experienced
misconception experienced by students because not
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misconceptions. Item number 3 contains 47 students The concept of quantities in free fall is represented
who have misconceptions. by 1 item, namely item number 17. 18.97% of students
who experience misconceptions about this item. There
The concept of quantities in straight motion are also quite a lot of students who scientific conception
The concept of quantities in straight motion is on this item, namely 55.38%.
represented by 3 questions, namely in item numbers 4, 5,
and number 6. In item number 4, 23.59% of students are The data above will be presented in more detail in
still wrong in giving reasons. Item number 5 as many as the following three schools with high, medium and low
13.33% of students who experience misconceptions. categories.
There are quite a lot of students who understand the
concepts in this item, namely 53.85%. Item number 6 is SMA A
the question with the most misconceptions. The findings are derived from the analysis of
research outcomes obtained from a six-tier instrument
Uniform straight motion concept consisting of 17 questions. The questionnaire was
The concept of uniform straight motion is administered to a sample of 77 students. The students
represented by items number 7, 8, 9, and number 10. In were classified into three categories based on their level
item number 7 as many as 24.62% of students of scientific understanding: scientific conception, almost
experienced misconceptions and 32.31% of students scientific conception, lack of knowledge, and
experienced scientific conception. Item number 8 as misconceptions is shown in Figure 3.
many as 15.90% of students who experience
misconceptions. In item number 9, there are not many 50%
students who experience misconceptions, which is 45%
16.41%. In item number 10, 18.97% of students 40%
experienced misconceptions. While students who 35%
scientific conception quite a lot that is equal to 55.38%. 30%
25%
20%
The concept of uniformly changing straight motion 15%
The concept of uniformly changing straight motion 10%
is represented by 4 items, namely 11, 12, 13, and number 5%
14. A total of 15.38% of students experienced 0%
Scientific Almost Scientific Lack of Misconceptions
misconceptions in item number 11. In item number 12 Conception Conception Knowledge
and number 13, 19.49% of students experienced
misconception. In item number 12, students are wrong Figure 3. Bar chart of the percentage level of understanding of
in answering the questions and the reasons for the students in SMA A
answers. In item number 13, students assume that the
illustration of rhino movement is constant. In item Based on figure 3, the average percentage of
number 14 as many as 15.90% of students who students who experience misconceptions in SMA A is
experience misconceptions. 17.57% with a low interpretation. Most students are
categorized as understanding concepts with a
The magnitudes of the vertical upward motion percentage of 46.81% with moderate interpretation.
The concept of quantities in the vertical upward
motion is represented by 1 item, namely item number 15. SMA B
In this item, 17.44% of students experience The findings are derived from the analysis of
misconceptions. This is considered still in the low research outcomes obtained from a six-tier instrument
category, because most of the students are in the consisting of 17 questions. The questionnaire was
category of scientific conception. administered to a sample of 55 students. The students
were classified into three categories based on their level
The magnitudes of the vertical downward motion of scientific understanding: scientific conception, almost
The concept of quantities in the vertical downward scientific conception, lack of knowledge, and
motion is represented by 1 item, namely item number 16. misconceptions is shown in Figure 4.
This item as many as 23.08% of students experienced Based on figure 4, it can be seen that the percentage
misconceptions. of students who experience misconceptions in SMA B of
21.48% is interpreted as low. The category of
understanding the concept is most experienced by
students with a percentage of 41.04% being interpreted
The magnitudes of the free fall motion as being.
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The school with the low category is SMA C with a Mosik, P. Maulana. (2010). Usaha Mengurangi
misconception of 18.09%. The highest misconceptions Terjadinya Miskonsepsi Fisika melalui
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