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Concept understanding is an individual process to master by receiving and understanding information obtained from learning process in behave, think and act. This study aims to determine the profile of concepts understanding that experienced by students about direct current. At the end, we can find out the extent of the influence of understanding concepts on students during learning process. The research design used in this study is research design mixed methods explanatory design . The design of this study is combination of qualitative and quantitative data. The stages of implementation in this study will be conducted at SMAN 11 Kota Jambi in class X with the concept which already taught is about direct current. The instrument of this research is conceptual questions in the form of multiple choice and interview transcripts. Moreover, the data analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The results showed that in trials using conceptual questions, the percentage of correct answers for number 1 and 7 indicators was 50% correct, then for the lowest question indicators there were questions number 2 and 3 with the percentage of correct answers which was 37.50%. The results of the field trials prove that there is still a low students concepts understanding regarding the concept of direct current