Analysis of elementary school students' misconception on force and movement concept

Abstract

Mastery of students' science concepts reflects a basic understanding about science. Misconceptions occur because of a discrepancy between students' conceptual understanding and the actual concept. The purpose of this study is to analyse the misconception of fourth grade students of elementary school on force and movement concept. Based on the results of field analysis, the researchers found data revealing that there was a misconception related to the force and movement concept of fourth grade students. The existence of students' misconceptions will have an impact on misunderstanding in the next lesson. This research uses descriptive research type. Data were collected from 24 students using test instruments and interview. Based on the data analysis, the result shows that students have misconception on force and movement concept, especially about free fall movement, friction force, and force on a non-moving object. This shows that there is still a lot of students' understanding that has not been in accordance with the actual concept of science.