JPF | Volume 9 | Number 2 | 2021 | 154 - 164
p - ISSN: 2302-8939
e - ISSN: 2527-4015
Jurnal Pendidikan Fisika
https://journal.unismuh.ac.id/index.php/jpf
DOI: 10.26618/jpf.v9i2.5027
Conceptual Change Level of K-11 Students on the
Hydrostatic Pressure Concept Using Virtual
Conceptual Change Laboratory
Yunina Surtiana*
1)
, Andi Suhandi
2)
, Achmad Samsudin
2)
, Parsaoran Siaahan
2)
,
Wawan Setiawan
3)
1)
Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
2)
Department of Physics Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
3)
Computer Science Education Program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
*Corresponding author:yuninasurtiana@upi.edu
Received: March 15, 2021; Accepted: April 13, 2021; Published: April 30, 2021
Abstract – Identification has been carried out to get an overview of the student's Level conceptual change
of K-11 student on the hydrostatic pressure concept using Virtual Conceptual Change Laboratory
(VCCLab). The VCCLab was created to accomplish the conceptual change level of students’ construction
and reconstruction. This investigation aimed to decide the degree of students’ applied change identified in
the concept of hydrostatic pressure by involving in VCCLab activities. The strategy utilized was a
quantitative enlightening technique which was conducted on a day and a half at class XI-one of the senior
high school in West Java Province. The level of students’ conceptual change was identified by using a
diagnostic test in the Four - tier test (FTT) format and the results of the students’ worksheets were analyzed
based on the guidelines for determining the level of conceptual change. Conceptual change level consists
of 1) Scientific conception from the beginning (SCFB); 2) Static (S); 3) Reconstruction (R); 4) Construction
(C); and 5) Disorientation (D). The results of the research with VCCLab showed that level 1) scientific
conception from the beginning (SCFB) is around 11.1%; 2) Static (S) is around 5.55%; 3) Reconstruction
(R) is around 66,7%; 4) Construction (K) is around 16,7% and Disorientation (D) is 0%. In line with the
results obtained, it is known that VCCLab can remediate missconception and reach the degree of calculated
change in students’ construction and reconstruction.
Keywords: Level of Conceptual Change, Physics Experiment, Remediation Misconception, VCCLab Model
© 2021 Physics Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, Indonesia.
I. INTRODUCTION
Useful exercises can possibly be utilized
in exercises that can work with the interaction
of reasonable change among students. The
conceptual change approach developed in the
1980s contributes substantially to improving
science learning and teaching (Duit &
Treagust, 2003). The conceptual change
approach introduced by (Posner et al., 1982)
involves teachers making alternative
frameworks of students explicitly before
designing a teaching approach consisting of
ideas that are not in accordance with the