Measuring students' conceptions of light waves: A survey in Central Java

Abstract

Students' conceptions an important role in achieving learning goals, especially in the concept of light waves in physics. The aim of this research is to measure students' conceptions of light waves. This research is a survey with 519 respondents (K-11 students with an age of about 17 years old consisting of 399 females named "Mba'e"and 120 Males named "Le"calling in Central Java). The instrument used is the seven questions from MOLWI that have been developed. The research results are categorized based on six conception categories: Sound Understanding (SU); Partial Positive (PP); Partial Negative (PN); Misconception (MC); No Understanding (NU); and No Coding (NC). The results show that the concept of students in Central Java on the concept of light waves is in the category SU = 29%, PP = 3%, PN = 26%, NU = 4%, MC = 27%, and NC = 0%.