Naslov
Large-scale research on Croatian high school students' conceptual understanding in mechanics

Autori
Planinić, Maja ; Ivanjek, Lana ; Sušac, Ana ; Pećina, Planinka ; Krsnik, Rudolf ; Planinić, Mirko ; Jakopović, Željko ; Halusek, Vlado

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
GIREP - EPEC Conference 2007 Selected Contributions / Jurdana-Šepić, Rajka ; Labinac, Velimir ; Žuvić-Butorac, Marta ; Sušac, Ana - Rijeka : Zlatni rez, 2008, 295-300

ISBN
978-953-55066-1-4

Skup
Frontiers of Physics Education

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 26.08.2007. - 31.08.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
phisics education; mechanics; conceptual understanding; Force Concept Inventory

Sažetak
Large-scale research on Croatian high school students' conceptual understanding in mechanics has been conducted on a sample of 1676 students in their final year of high school (age 18 - 19 years). The instrument used was the well known Force Concept Inventory (FCI), a conceptual mechanics test developed in USA and used in many other countries as well. The average FCI result for the whole sample was (27.7+/-0.4)%. Students in high schools which specialize in mathematics and natural sciences (N=429) achieved (36.2+/-0.9)%. These results suggest that most students leave high school with rather low conceptual understanding of Newtonian force concept, well below 60% threshold, in spite of the fact that physics is a compulsory school subject in Croatia. A possible reason for this situation could be the still dominant lecturing type of physics instruction in Croatian high schools, as well as the too extensive high school physics curriculum.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Pedagogija

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