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Descriptive qualitative case study identifies misconception causes in field independent students' math problem solving, suggesting educational improvements.
The purpose of this study is to identify the causes of misconceptions in creativity produced by students who have a field independent learning style in solving math problems related to digit and numbers. This research is a descriptive qualitative case study. The research subject consisted of one student who experienced a different phenomenon than other students. The subject gave the most creative answer compared to other students but the subject made a conceptual error. This is contrary to the results of previous studies regarding errors made by field independent students. The results showed that there were misconceptions in understanding numbers and numbers on the subject. The subject made an error in defining and analogizing between numbers and numbers. The causes of misconceptions on the subject are (1) Analogy errors in constructing existing concept, (2) Submission of information from the teacher, and (3) Inappropriate sources of free reading.
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