The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses

This article focuses on the results of a research about teaching General Physics concepts to college students, and stresses the relevance of evaluating this kind of knowledge. Between 2009 and 2011, 4,535 students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú went through an evaluation process usi...

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Main Authors: Castillo, Hernán, Moscoso, Richard, Phan, José Luis, Quiroz, Jorge
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Language:Español
Published: En Blanco y Negro 2013
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spelling ndltd-PUCP-oai-tesis.pucp.edu.pe-123456789-1170192018-08-07T16:42:42Z The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses Impacto de la enseñanza de conceptos de fuerza y movimiento en los cursos de Física General Castillo, Hernán Moscoso, Richard Phan, José Luis Quiroz, Jorge Physics Physics Concepts Evaluation In Physics Survey About Concepts Of Force Force Concept Inventory (fci) Conceptos De Física Evaluación En Física Cuestionario Sobre Conceptos De Fuerza Force Concept Inventory (fci) This article focuses on the results of a research about teaching General Physics concepts to college students, and stresses the relevance of evaluating this kind of knowledge. Between 2009 and 2011, 4,535 students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú went through an evaluation process using the Force Concept Inventory test. The data results showed no significant improvement in the students’ learning process after having learned the concepts of force and motion, matters included in Physics 1 and Physics 2. The hardest concept to learn was Newton’s second law. Furthermore, a relevant amount of the students evaluated found no relation between learning these concepts and passing the courses. Este artículo sintetiza el análisis de los resultados de un estudio acerca de la enseñanza de conceptos de Física en alumnos universitarios y la utilidad de evaluar este tipo de conocimientos. Entre los años 2009 y 2011, 4535 alumnos de la Universidad Católica han sido evaluados con la prueba Force Concept Inventory (FCI) a. Los resultados indican que los conocimientos de fuerza y movimiento se implantan entre los cursos de Física 1 y Física 2, y no se encuentra una mejora significativa después. El concepto con mayor dificultad de aprendizaje es la segunda ley de Newton. Además, existe un importante número de alumnos para los cuales no hay relación entre la ganancia de conceptos y la aprobación del curso. 2013-09-03 2018-04-10T19:52:42Z 2018-04-10T19:52:42Z Artículo http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/enblancoynegro/article/view/7412/7636 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117019 Español Artículo en acceso abierto Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PDF En Blanco y Negro En Blanco y Negro; Vol. 4, Núm. 1 (2013)
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topic Physics
Physics Concepts
Evaluation In Physics
Survey About Concepts Of Force
Force Concept Inventory (fci)
Conceptos De Física
Evaluación En Física
Cuestionario Sobre Conceptos De Fuerza
Force Concept Inventory (fci)
spellingShingle Physics
Physics Concepts
Evaluation In Physics
Survey About Concepts Of Force
Force Concept Inventory (fci)
Conceptos De Física
Evaluación En Física
Cuestionario Sobre Conceptos De Fuerza
Force Concept Inventory (fci)
Castillo, Hernán
Moscoso, Richard
Phan, José Luis
Quiroz, Jorge
The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
description This article focuses on the results of a research about teaching General Physics concepts to college students, and stresses the relevance of evaluating this kind of knowledge. Between 2009 and 2011, 4,535 students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú went through an evaluation process using the Force Concept Inventory test. The data results showed no significant improvement in the students’ learning process after having learned the concepts of force and motion, matters included in Physics 1 and Physics 2. The hardest concept to learn was Newton’s second law. Furthermore, a relevant amount of the students evaluated found no relation between learning these concepts and passing the courses. === Este artículo sintetiza el análisis de los resultados de un estudio acerca de la enseñanza de conceptos de Física en alumnos universitarios y la utilidad de evaluar este tipo de conocimientos. Entre los años 2009 y 2011, 4535 alumnos de la Universidad Católica han sido evaluados con la prueba Force Concept Inventory (FCI) a. Los resultados indican que los conocimientos de fuerza y movimiento se implantan entre los cursos de Física 1 y Física 2, y no se encuentra una mejora significativa después. El concepto con mayor dificultad de aprendizaje es la segunda ley de Newton. Además, existe un importante número de alumnos para los cuales no hay relación entre la ganancia de conceptos y la aprobación del curso.
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Moscoso, Richard
Phan, José Luis
Quiroz, Jorge
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Quiroz, Jorge
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title The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
title_short The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
title_full The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
title_fullStr The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Teaching the Concepts of Force and Motion in General Physics Courses
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