6 th and 7 th Grade Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions about Fractions

The aim of this research is to determine the common misconceptions of 6th and 7th class secondary school students on fractions. The sample of the research includes 60 secondary school students in a secondary school in Erzincan city centre. Case study method was applied in the research. As data collection tool, eight misconceptions were determined existing in the literature related to the topic of fractions and an information test including 16 questions, two of which were related to the each misconception regarding gains in the secondary school mathematics lesson curriculum was developed and used. As a result of the data analysis, it was found out that the students had the misconceptions related to the relationship between the part and whole mostly and addition in fractions the least. Another topic, which is as significant as the relationship between the part and the whole, when it is regarded that the students have the misconceptions most, it is considered to be crucial and recommended that it should be focused the teachers during the education.