The Understanding of Light and Its Properties

The book decribes the findings of a study conducted
on selected Malaysian secondary school
student to find out their understanding of light
and its properties. The Interview-About-Instances
(IAI) method was used for data collection. The
students in the study were given diagrams to
represent instances related of light and its
properties. Their verbatim responses were analyzed,
transcribed and categorized. The findings of the
study indicated that some students were able to use
the light exists and propagates in space model to
explain light phenomenon. It also identified
students'' misconceptions of light when they were
required to explain situations related to light
propagation, vision, reflection and refraction. The
misconceptions, categorised as the visual
rays'' idea, light going ''to and fro'' between the
object and the eyes, separating light behavior from
vision process and giving ''concrete answers'' were
discussed in the book.

Autorentext

received her PhD of Physics from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, her M.Ed, B.Sc(Physics) and Diploma of Education from the University of Malaya. She has taught Physics at secondary level for 14 years and is currently teaching at the Teacher Education Institute Malaysia, Technical Education Campus.

Klappentext

The book decribes the findings of a study conducted on selected Malaysian secondary school student to find out their understanding of light and its properties. The Interview-About-Instances (IAI) method was used for data collection. The students in the study were given diagrams to represent instances related of light and its properties. Their verbatim responses were analyzed, transcribed and categorized. The findings of the study indicated that some students were able to use the 'light exists and propagates in space' model to explain light phenomenon. It also identified students' misconceptions of light when they were required to explain situations related to light propagation, vision, reflection and refraction. The misconceptions, categorised as the 'visual rays' idea, light going 'to and fro' between the object and the eyes, separating light behavior from vision process and giving 'concrete answers' were discussed in the book.