DEVELOPING TWO-TIER DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT TO DETERMINE MISCONCEPTIONS ON SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES

Socioscientific issues, which we encounter more and frequently, will gain much importance in the coming years. issues have many topics that individuals experience decision-making processes future. Adequate knowledge of concepts lies at basis process. The aim this study is to develop a two-tier diagnostic test identify misconceptions socioscientific validity reliability test. In scale, was developed mixed method, there are questions about energy resources, global warming, genetic engineering cloning. order test, process consisting three basic stages carried out: determining content, obtaining information students' misunderstandings, developing data were collected from eighth ninth grade students. determine final version scale; reliability, difficulty discrimination values analyzed with 385 A test-retest application also made participation 55 KR-20 value 30-item concept 0.85, average 0.46987, 0.497364, Pearson Correlation coefficient for 0.776. As result study, valid reliable 30 items can be used has been