Interviewed experimental students reported feeling themselves in thinking friendly classrooms and generally scientifically accurate understanding, with misconceptions persisting in Work, Simple Machines, and Frictional Force topics¶

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q1 i? Content analysis of six experimental students' interviews placed 63 percent of conceptual-understanding responses in the Complete Scientific Understanding category, with misconceptions concentrated in Work, Simple Machines and Frictional Force Cause Energy Loss subjects. → Buber 2017

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Buber 2017¶

Buber, A., & Coban Unal, G. (2017). The effects of learning activities based on argumentation on conceptual understanding of 7th graders about “force and motion” unit and establishing thinking friendly classroom environment. European Journal of Educational Research, 6(3), 367-384. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.6.3.367

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Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews with six experimental-group students, coded by two researchers with agreement percentages from 81 to 93 percent. Most responses were scientifically accurate, but misconceptions persisted in Work, Simple Machines and Frictional Force subjects.

"when students’ responses were analyzed, 63 percent of them was in CSU, 9 percent of them was in PSU, 9 percent of them was in TWU, 16 percent of them is was in M, 1 percent o f them was in NQD and 2 percent of them was in NI categories."

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