Qualitative analysis reveals high misconceptions in hydrocarbons among prospective science teachers, indicating a need for targeted education.
Chemistry learning is considered a difficult and complex subject for some students and prospective science teachers. For this reason, it is necessary to know the understanding related to chemistry learning, especially on hydrocarbon materials so as not to cause misconceptions. The aim of this research is to identify organic chemistry misconceptions among prospective science teacher students regarding hydrocarbon material, namely the characteristics of hydrocarbons and isomers of chemical compounds. This research approach was qualitative using descriptive analyze. Determining misconceptions using a modified three tiers diagnostic test. The research subjects were 12 students and the questions tested were 10 essay questions. The results of the research showed that high misconceptions were found in understanding the concepts of physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbon compounds, nomenclature of hydrocarbon compounds, understanding chemical reactions, isomerism and chirality of compounds
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