Misconception Remediation Through the Probing, Present Previous Conception, Observation, Clarification, Confirmation and Reflection (P2OC2R) Learning Model

Concepts have a strategic position in science, misconceptions can lead to errors in the theory and also the laws built by the concept. The purpose of this study was to remediate misconceptions of science concepts found in elementary school teachers in Indonesia. Remediation is carried out using the Probing, Present Previous Conception, Observation, Clarification, Confirmation and Reflection (P2OC2R) model which is a brief learning steps carried out in remediation, namely probing, present previous conception, observation, confirmation/clarification and reflection. The results of the study on 284 teachers spread over 23 provinces were found to have misconceptions in 40 science concepts after being diagnosed using the three tier test. The results show that 87% of respondents have a shift in conception from misconception or did not understand the concept to understand the concept, 10% no change in concentration and 3% actually went from understanding the concept to being a misconception. The implication of this finding is that P2OC2R has the potential to be used in concept learning.