Pascal or Archimedes: Which Misconception is Higher?

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to know the higher misconception between Pascal's law and Archimedes' law. The research method was qualitative descriptive. The question analysis is used to know the misconception using the four-tier test. The research subject was senior high school students in South Borneo with the purposive sampling technique. The object of this research was the senior high school students who had received the fluid static material. The result of the research showed that Archimedes' Law Material was the material with higher misconception than Pascal's law. The misconception of Archimedes' law had 51.62%, and Pascal's law at 20.52%. The implication of this research was to determine suitable learning on the Archimedes Law learning.