What is it about?
Most students in Indonesia still have difficulty understanding chemistry material. Students' difficulties are caused because they are not used to learning with learning models that can awaken their imagination. This can be seen from the profile of students' mental models in Indonesia. The mental model of high school students in Indonesia, on average, is classified as not good. Therefore, special treatment and strategies are needed from the teacher so that students have no difficulties in learning chemistry.
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Why is it important?
Mental models are important in learning chemistry, because chemical material contains three levels of representation of chemical phenomena. The mental model is identical with how students can express/reason in understanding abstract chemical material.
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This article is important for chemistry teachers in order to know the categories of students' mental models. By reading this article, it is hoped that teachers will be able to use learning models that can awaken students' reasoning power, especially in chemistry learning. The era of information technology and the learning character of 21st century students requires teachers to be literate in learning models that are already based on information technology, because students' mental models will be formed if students have an interest and interest in learning chemistry, besides that there is a need for teacher support to motivate students in chemistry learning. The participants in this article are representatives of 10 high schools in 5 provinces in Indonesia, namely the western, central and eastern parts.
Dominikus Djago Djoa
Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Nusantara Lampung
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This page is a summary of: Mental model profile of Indonesian class X high school students on the concept of covalent bonds in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, January 2023, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0143143.
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