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Annexe 2. Principa<strong>le</strong>s conceptions <strong>de</strong>s élèves sur <strong>la</strong> réaction chimique (artic<strong>le</strong><br />

soumis)<br />

Chemical Reaction and Stu<strong>de</strong>nts' Everyday Life Situations<br />

Innocent Mano Machumu, Institut Supérieur Pédagogique <strong>de</strong> Bukavu, République Démocratique<br />

du Congo and Université <strong>de</strong> Mons, P<strong>la</strong>ce du Parc 20, 7000 Mons Belgique<br />

Didier Vil<strong>le</strong>rs, Université <strong>de</strong> Mons, P<strong>la</strong>ce du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgique<br />

Abstract<br />

In or<strong>de</strong>r to <strong>de</strong>velop successful teaching of the transformations of matter we need to<br />

<strong>le</strong>arn more about wh<strong>et</strong>her stu<strong>de</strong>nts correctly i<strong>de</strong>ntify chemical and physical<br />

processes in or<strong>de</strong>r to comprehend chemical reaction (CR) by giving a vari<strong>et</strong>y of<br />

slightly different interpr<strong>et</strong>ations. We col<strong>le</strong>cted data from a questionnaire submitted<br />

to 240 Congo<strong>le</strong>se second-year chemistry stu<strong>de</strong>nts. The questions can be categorised<br />

in two distinctive groups: (i) questions about school know<strong>le</strong>dge and (ii) questions<br />

about everyday life situations. This paper argues that stu<strong>de</strong>nts’ un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of<br />

chemical reaction is very poor even amongst those who have good know<strong>le</strong>dge about<br />

chemical phenomena. Stu<strong>de</strong>nts’ misconceptions about chemical reaction are<br />

exp<strong>la</strong>ined by difficulties in un<strong>de</strong>rstanding concepts such as phenomena, reactions<br />

and in distinguishing b<strong>et</strong>ween physical and chemical phenomena. Like Greek and<br />

French stu<strong>de</strong>nts, Congo<strong>le</strong>se stu<strong>de</strong>nts show a poor un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of chemical<br />

phenomena and confuse chemical and physical phenomena in everyday life<br />

situations. The survey reveals that most of them know more about physical natural<br />

phenomena than chemical phenomena. Stu<strong>de</strong>nts c<strong>la</strong>ssify reactions into chemical,<br />

physical and biological. They prefer literal meaning of the term “reaction” instead of<br />

its chemical meaning; a proof that they don’t know the real meaning of chemical<br />

reaction. It would be necessary to reform the chemistry curriculum on chemical<br />

phenomena and reaction<br />

Key words: chemical reaction, chemical phenomena, natural phenomena,<br />

misconception, transfer<br />

1. Introduction<br />

In this study we wanted to <strong>le</strong>arn more about wh<strong>et</strong>her stu<strong>de</strong>nts correctly i<strong>de</strong>ntify<br />

chemical and physical processes in or<strong>de</strong>r to comprehend chemical reaction (CR) by<br />

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