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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2009.29.8.978

High School Students' Errors in Constructing and Interpreting Science Graph  

Kim, You-Jung (Seoul National University)
Choi, Gil-Soon (Seoul National University)
Noh, Tae-Hee (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.29, no.8, 2009 , pp. 978-989 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated high school students' errors in constructing and interpreting graph on experimental results by students' science achievement level. Two tests regarding constructing and interpreting graph about 'the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas' were administered to 11th-graders (N=140). Analysis of the results revealed that most students exhibited many errors in the processes of constructing and interpreting graph. In the processes of constructing graph, there were 16 types of errors on the categories of 'misinterpreting the variables', 'mis-marking the graphical elements', and 'misusing the data'. The students of lower achievement level had more errors than those of higher achievement level in the four error types, that is, 'missing the variables', 'representing the best fit line using a broken line', 'adding the data', and 'neglecting the data'. However, the results were reversed in the error type of 'not marking the origin.' In the processes of interpreting graph, there were 9 types of errors on 'misreading the data', 'wrong interpolation and extrapolation', and 'establishing the wrong relationship'. The students of lower achievement level had more errors than those in the higher achievement level in the error types of 'wrong interpolation' and 'misdescribing the relationship between variables'. Educational implications of the findings are discussed.
Keywords
graph constructing; graph interpreting; science achievement level;
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