Analyzing the science misconception in mastery concept of ecosystem topic at senior high school

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to determine the percentage of biology misconceptions especially in ecosystem topics at senior high school. Ecosystem topics are basic in science. But there are still many students were got difficulties in understanding the concept, that causing misconceptions. A misconception is an explanation of the phenomenon according to the experience and student’s previous knowledge. This study used a descriptive statistics method. Profiling data was used to describe the percentage of mastery concept students and misconceptions. Multiple-Choice tests were chosen to measure the understanding of concept mastery and misconceptions in ecosystem topics. The results have shown the average of percentage in mastering conception is 58.65%, while the average percentage of misconception is 41.01%. It means misconceptions that are inversely proportional to the understanding of student concepts. Therefore, to reduce the misconceptions that emerge a needed an improved understanding of the concept.