Description Mental Model Students of Thermochemistry Basic Concept

Ira Febrina, Latisma .

Abstract


Thermochemistry is one of the material studied in chemistry which consists of abstract concept concepts because it discusses the energy that accompanies changes in physics or chemical reactions. The purpose of this study is to describe the mental models of students on the basic concepts of thermochemistry by using essay tests supplemented by interviews. A mental model is a concept in the minds of students that is used to describe and explain a phenomenon. The mental model of students in this study was classified based on five indicators of mental model assessment, which were complete mental models, incomplete mental models, misconceptions, no mental models, and no response. This type of research is descriptive research. Informants in this study were students of Education Class 23 people and 16 Non-Education class students one semester level two majoring in chemistry at the State University of Padang academic year 2015-2016. The instruments used in this study were essay tests and interviews. Data analysis technique used is percentage. The results of the study show that most students tend to only memorize chemical concepts related to symbolic levels and do not understand the meaning of the symbols used. Furthermore, most students have not been able to associate the observations at the macroscopic level with the symbolic level. students tend to be on the indicator of mental model assessment "there is no mental model", with the highest percentage of 87.5% means that students still do not understand most of the basic concepts of thermochemistry.

Keywords


Mental Models, Concepts, Thermochemistry

Full Text:

PDF

References


Farida, I. and Liliasari. 2011. "Development of the Ability to Link Multi-Level Chemical Representatives of Teacher Candidate Students to Topics of Salt Hydrolysis Through Web-Based Learning" Available at: http://sulisbersamaaswir.blogspot.co.id/2015/03/ development capabilities-linking.html. Accessed Date: October 12, 2015

Sirhan, G. 2007. Learning Difficulties in Chemistry: An Overview. Journal of Turkish Science Education, 4 (2), 2-20.

Sheppard, K. 2006. Understanding of High School Students about Titration and Related Acid-Base Phenomena. Research and Practice of Chemical Education, Vol 7 (1). 32-45

Sunyono, Leny Y, & Muslimin I., 2011. "First Year Student Mental Model in Understanding Stoichiometry Concepts (Preliminary study on Chemistry Education PS. FKIP Lampung University students)." National V. Proceedings Seminar July 6, 2011. Indonesian Islamic University. Yogyakarta

Treagust, DF, Chittleborough, GD, & Mamiala, T., 2003. "The role of submicroscopic and symbolic representations in chemical explanations." International Journal of Science Education. 25, No. 11, p. 1353–1368.

Halim, NDAdkk. (2013). Mental Models in Learning Chemical Bonds: Preliminary Studies. Procedia Social Sciences and Behavior.

Chittleborough, GD (2004). The Role of Teaching Models and Chemical Representations in Developing Mental Models of Students from Chemical Phenomena. (Thesis) .urtin University of Technology: unpublished

Jansoon, N., Coll, R., & Somsook, E. (2009). Understanding the Mental Model of Dilution in Thai Students. International Journal of Environmental Education & Science, 4 (2), p. 14-168.

Bower, Giordon H & Morrow, Daniel. G 2013. Mental Model in Narrative Understanding. United States Association for the Advancement of Science. Vol. 247, no 4938, pp44-48

Abdullah, M. 2006. The Part of the Physics-Solving from Perspective of Metacognition. Thesis. New Hall of the Faculty of Education, University of Cambrige

Whitten, L, Jeffery, Bentley D, Lonnie, Dittman C, Kevin. 2004. System Design and Analysis Methods. Yogyakarta Andi

Sunyono, Leny Y, & Muslimin I., 2011. "First Year Student Mental Model in Recognizing Stoichiometry Concepts (Preliminary study on Chemistry Education PS. FKIP Lampung University students)." National V. Proceedings Seminar July 6, 2011. Indonesian Islamic University. Yogyakarta

Jansoon, N., Coll, R., & Somsook, E. (2009). Understanding the Mental Model of Dilution in Thai Students. International Journal of Environmental Education & Science, 4 (2), p. 14-168

Coll, RK and Treagust, DF, 2003. "Investigation of Middle School, Bachelor and Postgraduate Ionic Bonding Learning Models." Research Journal in Science Teaching. 40, p. 464 - 486

Chittleborough, GD and Treagust DF 2007. "Modeling Ability of Non-Islamic Chemistry Students and Their Understanding of Sub-Microscopic Levels." Chem. Educ. Res. Practice 8, 274-292.

Sunyono, Leny Y, & Muslimin I., 2011. "First Year Student Mental Model in Understanding Stoichiometry Concepts (Preliminary study on Chemistry Education PS. FKIP Lampung University students)." National V. Proceedings Seminar July 6, 2011. Indonesian Islamic University. Yogyakarta

Coll, RK 2008. "Chemical Learning Mental Models Preferably for Chemical Bonds." Turkish Science Education Journal. 5, (1), p. 22 - 47

Rompayom et al. 2011. "Using Open-Ended Questions to Diagnose Students' Understanding of Inter-and Intramolecular Forces". US-China Education Review, B (1): 12-23

Chittleborough, GD and Treagust DF 2007. "Modeling Ability of Non-Islamic Chemistry Students and Their Understanding of Sub-Microscopic Levels." Chem. Educ. Res. Practice 8, 274-292.

Jansoon, N., Coll, RK, and Somsook, E., 2009. "Understanding the Mental Model of Dilution in Thai Students." International Journal of Environmental Education & Science. 4, No. 2. p. 147-168.

Chittleborough, GD 2004. The Role of Teaching Models and Chemical Representations in theMental Model Chemical PhenomenonStudent'swhichdevelops Documentation. Australia




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v14.1.825

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2019 Ira Febrina

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.