EFFECTS OF EXPLANATORY STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGE

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of explanatory stories on 6th grade students’ misconceptions of physical and chemical change. A case study was used in this research. The sample of this study consists of 40 students at 6th grade. A test including 5 open- ended questions as pre and post-tests and semi-structured interviews have been used for data collection. The pre-test has been used to detect students who have misconceptions about physical and chemical change. Explanatory stories have been used for students with misconceptions, and after the application of explanatory stories, a post test has been applied. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted with students with misconceptions to determine whether explanatory stories eliminate misconceptions or not. At the end of the study, it was found out that explanatory stories help remove misconceptions about physical and chemical change at 74%. Similarly, explanatory stories should be used for subjects including misconceptions to eliminate those misconceptions.