Özet:

One of the turmoil points in the development of physics is the Newton's creation of the laws that define the force movement relationship. To understand the course of physics, it is important to understand the concept of force and the relationship of force movement. Therefore, from elementary education, the course of science is included in the theme of strength and movement in the teaching programs. When the field is studied, it appears that students tend to explain physical events with their daily experiences and have ideas similar to the ideas of primary thinkers about strength and movement. This study is aimed at determining the perceptions of strength by young age students. For this purpose, one of the qualitative research patterns (fenomenology) was used. The study included 113 primary school 4th grade students who were studying in the good period of the 2019-2020 educational academic year (December/2019) in the study. The data is collected with the help of the students’ strength concept drawings and explanations. The drawings of students related to strength were analyzed using content analysis. The analysis resulted in the determination of the themes, categories and codes that provide information about the student’s strength perceptions. The research finds that students’ perceptions of strength are comprehensive, but there are points to be strengthened in this perception. Given the results of the research, teachers were recommended concrete activities they could practice in the classroom environment and in the distance learning courses during the Covid-19 epidemic.

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