Students' Conceptual Errors on Hydrostatics Pressure and Buoyancy Theory

Authors

• Firdausi Firdausi, SMA Negeri 2 SumenepFollow
• Lia Yuliati, Pendidikan Fisika, Universitas Negeri MalangFollow
• Parno Parno, Pendidikan Fisika Pascasarjana, Universitas Negeri MalangFollow

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the conceptual error of high school students about the hydrostatic pressure and buoyancy. The design of this research was descriptive. Data were collected through multiple choice tests of four questions. The test was given to 64 high school students who had taken static fluid material. The test results were analyzed using percentage techniques. The results showed that the highest error experienced by students was in applying the concept of hydrostatic pressure (as much as 90.63% of students) followed by errors in analyzing the relationship between buoyancy force and the volume of objects immersed (as much as 87.50%). To sum up, two major misconceptions of students are about the notion that the hydrostatic pressure is influenced by the closed container and the volume of water and the buoyancy is proportional to depth and inversely proportional to the volume of the immersed object.

First Page

29

Last Page

34

Recommended Citation

Firdausi, Firdausi; Yuliati, Lia; and Parno, Parno (2019) "Students' Conceptual Errors on Hydrostatics Pressure and Buoyancy Theory," Jurnal Pendidikan Sains: Vol. 7: No. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17977/jps.v7i1.12501
Available at: https://citeus.um.ac.id/jps/vol7/iss1/5