Investigation of Prospective Science Teachers’ Answers to Multiple Choice Questions about Star: Analysis Wrong Answers as well as Corrects

Abstract

The aim of the research is to obtain information about the modeling status of the related science subject by making a concentration analysis of the answers given by the prospective science teachers to the multiple choice questions about the star. The quantitative research method was used in this study. The study group of the research consists of 73 prospective teachers studying at the senior year of the Science Education department of a university in the Western Black Sea Region. Data collection tool "Star Subject Concept Test (SSCT)" was used. The data were analyzed by concentration analysis. In this sense, concentration score, concentration factor and concentration deviation formulas are used. In line with the findings obtained, it was determined that there was LL type modeling in the pretest in prospective teachers, and posttest showed that HH modeling was common in the questions. In the light of the results obtained, suggestions were made to evaluate this situation before teaching and to analyze the effectiveness of different teaching methods.