How persistent are the misconceptions about force and motion held by college students?
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Type | Article |
ISSN | 00319120 |
information source | ERIC |
Author | Bani-Salameh, Hisham N. |
Pages | 7 p. |
General Note |
Peer reviewed
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Source | Physics Education. Vol. 52, no. 1, January 2017 |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing، 2017
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Publisher address |
The Public Ledger Building Suite 929, 150 South Independence Mall West. Philadelphia, PA 19106. United States. Institute of Physics Publishing. T: 002156270880. F: 002156270879. info@ioppubusa.com. http://journals.iop.org.
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ERIC document no. | EJ1162377 |
Descriptors | Science instruction - Mechanics (process) - Science tests - Programme evaluation - University students - Student characteristics - Saudi Arabia |
Language of document | English |
Country | United States |
The purpose of this work is to study the effectiveness of our introductory mechanics instructions in changing students' misconceptions about Newtonian concepts. We gave the force concept inventory (FCI) test to 341 of our students twice, before and after instructions. The data were analyzed using a method first reported by Martín-Blas "et al" (2010 "Eur. J. Eng. Educ." 35 597-606). We examined all of the known misconceptions found in the original paper by Hestenes "et al" (1992 "Phys. Teach." 30 141-51) and determined the dominant ones from students' incorrect answers for each of the 30 questions in the inventory. By comparing the dominant misconceptions held by our students in the pre- and post-tests, we were able to determine which ones were unchangeable by instructions and students couldn't overcome. Results indicate some overall improvement in students' performance but also the existence of very resistive to change misconceptions that were not affected by instructions. (As Provided)
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Bani-Salameh, Hisham N.. (2017). How persistent are the misconceptions about force and motion held by college students? . Physics Education. Vol. 52, no. 1, January 2017. 7 p. Retrieved from search.shamaa.org |