Abstract
This research aims to identify the science misconceptions of elementary school students using CRI (Certainty of Response Index), as well as to describe the factors of students' misconceptions at Primary school Muhammadiyah 8 Tulangan. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. The subjects used in this study were class V, totaling 26 students. Data collection techniques using the test, interviews, and documentation. Based on the results obtained from the research as a whole, the highest misconception is about the concept of the effect of temperature on changes in the shape of objects by 44.70%, the concept of temperature and heat by 39.42%, and the lowest misconception is about the concept of object properties by 32.04%. From the results of research using the CRI (Certainty of Response Index) method, several factors cause misconceptions, namely from the students themselves who come from the initial concept and students wrong intuition, then misconceptions from the teacher, as well as incomplete book explanations. So it can be concluded that science learning during the covid-19 pandemic caused misconceptions for students of Primary school Muhammadiyah 8 Tulangan
Highlights
Education is an important aspect of developing and improving the quality of human resources
The interview questions were given in the form of questions regarding the concept of science learning in temperature and heat, as well as questions to be able to find out the factors that cause students to experience misconceptions
Based on the results of the essay test equipped with CRI, which consist of 15 questions given to students, the results of interviews, and test documentation, it can be seen that the misconceptions in science learning consist of three concepts, namely the concept of temperature and heat, the concept of the properties of objects, and the concept of the effect of the results of the essay test equipped with CRI, students interviews, and test documentation showed that students had misconceptions about the concept of the effect of temperature on the shape of objects
Summary
Education is an important aspect of developing and improving the quality of human resources. In the era of globalization, the aspect of education is one of the policies that must be considered in human development (Djuwarijah, 2008). Indonesia’s human development through education is expected to provide provisions for the younger generation who can compete globally. One of the subjects in the 2013 curriculum in elementary schools is science learning. Learning science has an important contribution for students to run and overcome problems in everyday life (Basam et al, 2018). Learning science will teach students scientific ways of thinking (Laksana, 2016). Science learning in elementary schools is a form of developing students' abilities to provide thinking skills using scientific steps
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