Research on the Differences of Physics Concepts of the Students Who Have Finished Their First Year of Physics Learning in Senior High and Vocational High Schools

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 物理學系在職進修碩士班 === 94 === This research aims at comparing and analyzing the differences of physics concepts of the students who have finished their first year of physics learning in senior high schools and vocational high schools in our country. The subjects of this research consist...

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Main Authors: Keng Shun Liao, 廖耿舜
Other Authors: Tsu Yi Fu
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2005
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87910739102219901319
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 物理學系在職進修碩士班 === 94 === This research aims at comparing and analyzing the differences of physics concepts of the students who have finished their first year of physics learning in senior high schools and vocational high schools in our country. The subjects of this research consist of the students in one national senior high school and one public vocational high school. The object of this research is to explore whether the effects of physics learning are different due to different schooling system. This research adopts such research methods as questionnaire survey, document analysis and interview analysis with students. Each questionnaire is divided into six parts, inclusive of six major domains of physics such as force, motion , heat , sound , light , electromagnetics , as well as energy and life. Altogether 985 questionnaires were given out. Among the collected ones, 983 questionnaires were valid and were carried on two statistical analyses, ANOVA and t test. The subjects of interview analysis are altogether 10 students, 5 from a senior high school, and 5 from a vocational high school. The result of the questionnaire survey is that the senior high school subjects averagely scored 73.6 while the vocational high school subjects averagely scored 63.0. Hence, the researcher chose among them 5 senior high school students who scored around 73 and 5 vocational high school students who scored around 63 as interviewees. This research conclusions are stated as follows: First, the following are the results in questionnaire survey regarding the effects in learning physics concepts : 1.In the fields of ' force ' , ‘motion’, ‘sound’, 'light ',and ‘energy and life’, the high school students are apparently superior to the vocational high school students. 2.In the field of 'electromagnetics ' , there is no obvious difference between senior high school students and vocational high school students. Second, the following are the results concerning students’ performance in test objects: 1. In respect of basic knowledge and concepts: The high school students are apparently superior to the vocational high school students. 2. In respect of applying scientific information and charts: The high school students are apparently superior to the vocational high school students. 3. In respect of the ability of reasoning : The high school students are superior to the vocational high school students, but not obviously. Based on the above findings, this research offers several suggestions respectively to the physics teachers in senior high schools as well as the physics teachers in vocational high schools, and also to those who are interested in the follow-up studies.