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Misconceptions in Electrochemistry: How Do Pedagogical Agents Help?

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Previous research has shown that students display misconceptions about electrochemistry due to the abstract concepts in this topic. An interactive multimedia module with pedagogical agents (IMMPA) named EC Lab (Electrochemistry Lab) was developed in order to assist students to overcome the misconceptions in this topic. The study was carried out with the aim to gauge the effect of the IMMPA EC Lab on students’ understanding in the learning of electrochemistry. A sample of 127 Form Four (equivalent to grade 10) students from two secondary schools in Malaysia was involved in the study. There was one experimental group and one comparison group, and the students were taught by the same chemistry teacher in each school. An achievement test in the electrochemistry topic and the IMMPA EC Lab were used as the instruments in the study. Results showed a significant main effect of teaching method on students’ mean scores in the achievement test with the experimental group surpassing the comparison group in the learning of electrochemistry.

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    Lee Tien Tien

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    Kamisah Osman

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Tien, L.T., Osman, K. (2017). Misconceptions in Electrochemistry: How Do Pedagogical Agents Help?. In: Karpudewan, M., Md Zain, A., Chandrasegaran, A. (eds) Overcoming Students' Misconceptions in Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3437-4_6

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