IDENTIFIKASI TINGKAT PEMAHAMAN DAN KESALAHAN KONSEP TENTANG PANJANG IKATAN PADA MAHASISWA JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN KIMIA IKIP NEGERI GORONTALO

Abstract: Level of understanding and misconception of chemical bond have been identified for chemistry students of institute of teacher training and education Gorontalo using written test and interview. The results: (1) the level of understanding of first, second, third, and fourth year students about bond length can be regarded to be low; (2) two dominant misconceptions identified are: (a) covalent bond and coordinate covalent bond between the same atoms have different bond length. (b) In the molecule that has resonance, the double bond and single bond lengths are different.

Key words : kesalahan konsep, tingkat pemahaman, panjang ikatan