A STUDY ON 7TH GRADE STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ON THE UNIT OF “SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS”

The aim of this study was to determine the misconceptions of 7th grade students about the unit of “Simple Electric Circuits” in the year 2018-2019. For this purpose, open questions and interviews were directed at 42 7th grade students. As a result of the analysis of data obtained, it was determined that the primary school students have various misconceptions about circuits, serially parallel circuits, bulbs, electric current. Some of the misconceptions; "bulbs connected in parallel give better light than those connected in series", "thick wires have lower resistance in a circuit because the charges have more space", "in serial circuits the bulbs are placed next to each other" and “electrical charge flows at very high speeds”. Some suggestions were recommended by the help of the findings of this study.