The Use Of Letter Writing Activity To Identify 5th Grade Students' Misconceptions About Heat And Temperature

Abstract

The purpose of this study to identify fifth grade students' misconceptions about heat and temperature through letter writing, one of the writing-to-learn activities. Document analysis, a qualitative research method, was used for this study. The sample of this study consisted 50 fifth graders from two middle schools in Yağlıdere, Giresun in 2017-2018 Fall Term. Letter writing, a writing-to-learn activity, was used as data collection method. The letters of the students were examined through content analysis and then tables were created by using themes and codes according to the students' replies. The results of this study concluded that the fifth graders had many missing conceptions and misconceptions about heat and temperature.

Keywords

• ısı ve sıcaklık
• kavram yanılgısı
• öğrenme amaçlı mektup yazma