Exploring Preservice Science Teachers' Physics Concepts

Authors

  • Khajornsak Buaraphan The Program to Prepare Research and Development Personnel for Science Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
  • Penchantr Singh Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
  • Vantipa Roadrangka Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Keywords:

physics concept, preservice science teachers, scientific concept, alternative concept

Abstract

     To explore the preservice science teachers' physics concepts and categorize those concepts with respect to scientific concepts, 19 preservice science teachers from three teacher colleges were asked to complete the Science Concept Test (SCT) consisted of physics, chemistry and biology content. In particular to physics concepts, the results revealed that the preservice science teachers' concepts varied from scientific concepts, alternative concepts, to incorrect concepts. Their scientific concepts arranged respectively from electric circuit, electric current, to natural frequency of sound and their alternative concepts arranged respectively from voltage, resistance, to work. Additionally, only one incorrect concept found was Newton's first law of motion in case of at rest condition.

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Published

30-06-2005

How to Cite

Buaraphan, K., Singh, P., & Roadrangka, V. (2005). Exploring Preservice Science Teachers’ Physics Concepts. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 26(1), 52–63. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/kjss/article/view/246242

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2005): January - June

Section

Thai articles

License

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/