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Table. 11.

Understanding, certainty on properties of light (Question 7).

Q 7. A fisherman is out in the water and sees a fish in the water. The fisherman wants to catch the fish with his harpoon. When he sees the fish, where should he throw the harpoon?
Response options Number of responses (%) Average certainty correct answers (1–5) Average certainty wrong answers (1–5)
① Towards the fish 48(36.9%) 1.81 3.26
② Front of the fish 66(50.8%)
③ Back of the fish* 16(12.3%)

*Scientific concept

New Phys.: Sae Mulli 2024;74:664~677 https://doi.org/10.3938/NPSM.74.664
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