The Effect of Teaching Materials Determined according to the Model 5e in Resolving the Misconceptions: Frictional Electricity

Say, Fuat Serkan

This study investigates if the misconceptions of frictional electricity among primary students can be resolved by the teaching materials determined according to the model 5E. Study groups of the research consist of 62 students, attending the 7th grade, in totaly 32 for the experimantal group, 30 for the control group, in a public school in Denizli. The concept test, determined regarding the misconception acquired as a result of a literature review, is applied to the two groups as the pre-test. After a while, considered enough, the lesson “Frictional Electricity” is explained to the students reorganising the teaching metarials according to the model 5E. At the end of the lesson the concept test is applied to the both groups as the post-test. As a result of examining the pre-test and post-te...