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Analysis of the Types of Errors in Science Graph Construction Processes of Middle School Students  

Kim, You-Jung (Seoul National University)
Moon, Se-Jeong (Seoul National University)
Kang, Hun-Sik (Chuncheon National University of Education)
Noh, Tae-Hee (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.29, no.2, 2009 , pp. 168-178 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the errors that students committed in the processes of constructing graphs on experimental results by the students' science achievement level. A test of constructing a graph about 'the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas' was administered to 7th graders (N=145). Results revealed that most students committed errors in the processes of constructing the graph, showing 12 error types in the categories of 'Misinterpreting the variables', 'Mismarking the graphical elements', and 'Misusing the data'. The students in the lower achievement level had more errors than those in the higher achievement level in the two error types, that is 'representing the bar graph' and 'marking the scale in the presented data order', but the results were reversed in the three error types, that is 'marking the independent variable and dependent variable reversely', 'adding the data', and 'neglecting the data'. In the other error types, there were little differences in the frequencies of the errors by students' science achievement level.
Keywords
graph; error in graph construction; science achievement level;
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