Science misconceptions analysis between factual and conceptual dimensions in junior high school students in Tamalate district of Makassar.

The aims of the research were i) to understand the student's misconceptions on factual dimension, ii) to know the student's misconceptions on conceptual dimension, and iii) to analyse the differences student's misconceptions between factual and conceptual dimension. The research used quantitative descriptive. The population in this research were all of the students in junior high school grade 7th which have accredited A in Tamalate district of Makassar. The data was collected by using Random Sampling Class. The sample were 253 students. The data analysis in this research by statistic descriptive. The instrument in this research was a multiple-choice test with 25 items using the three-tier test method with a choice of reasons using the certainly of response index (CRI). The results showed that i) the student's misconceptions on factual dimension is 54.62%, ii) the student's misconceptions on conceptual dimension is 63,18%, and iii) the misconception of the conceptual dimension is higher than the factual dimension with a comparison of 2.3 ˸ 2 and understanding the concept of the conceptual dimension is lower than the understanding of the concept of the factual dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]