Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter

Zubeyde Demet Kirbulut; Omer Geban

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Zubeyde Demet Kirbulut ¹ ^* , Omer Geban ²

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¹ Harran University, TURKEY² Middle East Technical University, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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This study involves the development of a three-tier diagnostic test to measure high school students’ understanding of states of matter concepts. The States of Matter Diagnostic Test (SMDT) is a 19-item three-tier diagnostic test consisting of three-tier items for assessing students’ understanding of states of matter concepts. The SMDT was administered to 195 10th grade high school students in the pilot study and 102 10th grade high school students in the main study. Cronbach alpha reliability indexes for the SMDT were estimated to be .78 and .83 for the pilot and main study, respectively. Point-biserial coefficients ranged from .20 to .69 with an average of .44 for the pilot study and with an average of .49 for the main study.

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diagnostic test
science education
secondary school
states of matter
three-tier test

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 10, Issue 5, 2014, 509-521

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Kirbulut, Z. D., & Geban, O. (2014). Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(5), 509-521. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Kirbulut ZD, Geban O. Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(5):509-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Kirbulut ZD, Geban O. Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(5), 509-521. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet, and Omer Geban. "Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 5 (2014): 509-521. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Kirbulut, Z. D., and Geban, O. (2014). Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(5), pp. 509-521. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a

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Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet et al. "Using Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Students’ Misconceptions of States of Matter". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 509-521. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1128a