Department of Science, Farhangiyan University, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the misconceptions of primary school teachers about the states of matter. The statistical population of the study was primary school teachers in Marand, and the statistical sample of the research included 50 people. Each participant was asked to answer the open-ended question about the difference between the states of matters, solid, liquid, and gas. In research data analysis, descriptive analysis techniques have been used. Findings in research indicate that Marand primary school teachers have misconceptions such as: The shape of solids does not change, there is no space between the particles of solids, gases are not affected by gravity, and do not disappear like solids and liquids, the size of solid particles are larger than liquid ones, and liquid particles are larger than gas particles.
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