Abstract
A good and correct understanding of concepts is a fundamental thing that prospective Physics teachers must have before graduated from college. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the conception to ensure that there are no students who have misconceptions and do not understand the concept. This study aims at identifying the misconceptions experienced by prospective Physics teachers at the final level, especially in the friction force material. This is descriptive research conducted in a university in Mataram with 12 students involved. The instrument used was a three-tier test in the form of a multiple-choice test with open reasons. A total of 10 items with 30 questions were used in this study. Data collection techniques used was tests and interviews. The data that has been collected was then analyzed using descriptive statistics. Based on the results of the data analysis, it was found that 46.29% of the students had misconceptions with details of 50.00% of the students experienced misconceptions in determining the type of friction force, 43.75% in determining the direction of friction force, and 47.22% in determining the magnitude of the friction force. The results of this study indicate that there are still many students of prospective Physics teachers have misconceptions. Therefore, we need an alternative learning that can be used to reduce the misconceptions had by prospective Physics teachers.
Highlights
The concept's position in learning Physics is very fundamental [1]
It can be seen that 46.29% of the prospective Physics teacher students have misconceptions, 28.70% do not understand the concept, and only 25.00% of them understand the concept
It shows that the learning that has been done so far is still less effective in reducing misconceptions in students
Summary
The concept's position in learning Physics is very fundamental [1]. It is the basic structure used to build theories, principles, laws, models, and formulas in Physics. Without understanding the concept correctly, students will undoubtedly have difficulty understanding theories, rules, models, and formulas in Physics. Newton's second law is built on reviewing the relationship between the concepts of force, mass, and acceleration. Archimedes' law is built on the concept of lift and weight of displaced liquid. The primary thing that students have to have when studying Physics is to understand Physics concepts correctly [2]
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