scholarly journals Introductory students’ attitudes and approaches to Physics problem solving: Major, achievement level and gender differences

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuri Balta ◽  
Mervi Asikainen
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Sample Correlation ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Learn Physics ◽  
Physics Problems

Students’ attitudes and approaches to problem solving are claimed to be related to their ways they learn physics and to their success in solving physics problems. In this study, the Attitudes and Approaches to Problem Solving (AAPS) survey was used to reveal Turkish introductory university students’ attitudes and approaches to physics problem solving. The data were collected from 175 students, in the spring semester of 2015-2016 academic year, from an introductory physics course at a university in the Black See Region of Turkey. The analysis of the data was conducted by grouping the data by major, achievement level, and gender. They are no statistically significant differences between the averages of civil engineering and molecular biology majors or between male and female students. However, we obtained a small sample correlation of 0.22 between students’ attitudes and exam grades that suggests high achievers’ attitudes and approaches to physics problems are more expert-like than the attitudes and approaches of low achievers. Implications for problem solving strategies and directions for further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Thinking Process Profile of Senior High School Students in Physics Problem-Solving: Terms of Differences in Emotional Intelligence Levels and Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 398
Author(s):  
Binar Kurnia Prahani ◽  
Wahyu Hari Kristiyanto ◽  
Joko Siswanto ◽  
Budiyono Saputro ◽  
Husni Mubarok
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Senior High School Students ◽  
Physics Problems

This literature study aims to obtain the thinking process profile of senior high school students in physics problem-solving based on differences in emotional intelligence levels and gender. In this study used literature study method with phenomenological analysis, functionalism analysis, and critical analysis. The sources used to compile this article include some literature on emotional intelligence, gender effect, thinking process, problem-solving, and several empirical study on students in physics problem-solving, especially in senior high school. The authors summed up the conclusions based on the results of the literature study as follows: (1) The profile of the thinking process is influenced by emotional intelligence level and gender; (2) Emotional intelligence is directly proportional to the thinking process of students in the process of solving physics problems; (3) Students who have high emotional intelligence are more likely to have high physics problem-solving skills; (4) Gender differences (male and female) in solving physics problems, generally, are still debatable, in which sense is it better? Then it further research needs that is valid and reliable to answer this question. (5) There is a strong tendency that the male gender is more resilient in dealing with and solving complex physics problems; (6) The gender of female students is superior in solving physics problems that require very high detail. The main implication of this article is to obtain the thinking process profile of senior high school students in physics problem-solving based on terms of differences in emotional intelligence levels and gender. 

scholarly journals Teachers And Students Perceptions Of Students Problem-Solving Difficulties In Physics: Implications For Remediation

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodele O. Ogunleye
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Physics Problems

In recent times, science education researchers have identified a lot of instruments for evaluating conceptual understanding as well as students’ attitudes and beliefs about physics; unfortunately however, there are no broad based evaluation instruments in the field of problem-solving in physics. This missing tool is an indication of the complexity of the field. However, one obvious way by means of which we can evaluate students’ problem-solving skills is to find out how teachers and students perceive problem-solving difficulties in physics. Using a population of 210 Senior Secondary School (SSS) physics students and their teachers, this study investigated aspects of students’ problem-solving difficulties in physics and possible remedies. The result of the analysis show that lack of students understanding of the problem and their poor mathematical skills constitute the major obstacles in the circle of difficulties that students experience in solving physics problems. Furthermore, the study identified two major remedies that could possibly assist students in solving physics problems: 1) the provision of enough home assignments and 2) the employment of qualified physics teachers. The results are further discussed in terms of their implications for effective learning of physics.

scholarly journals The Development of Questionnaire to Investigate Students� Attitudes and Approaches in Physics Problem Solving

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sirait ◽  
L. Sutrisno ◽  
N. Balta ◽  
A. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Gender

This study aims to develop physics problem solving survey utilized to obtain students attitude and approach while solving physics problem. Several steps are conducted to develop the survey: validating, computing reliability, and testing. This research involves Physics Education students-Tanjungpura University who study at Fourth and Sixth semester. Furthermore, after questionnaire administered to the students, data are analysed through determining average score of the students and computing average percentage of students who are agree, neutral, and disagree based on semester and gender. The results show that the sixth semester students responses are more expertlike than those of the fourth semester students and female students are less expert than those male students. Based on semester and gender, majority of students have the same attitudes and approaches while solving problems. Students and experts have different attitudes about the role of mathematics in problem solving.

Personal Problem Solving of Partners in Divorce Proceedings

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Soukupova ◽  
Petr Goldmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personal Problem ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Given

Abstract. The Thematic Apperception Test is one of the most frequently administered apperceptive techniques. Formal scoring systems are helpful in evaluating story responses. TAT stories, made by 20 males and 20 females in the situation of legal divorce proceedings, were coded for detection and comparison of their personal problem solving ability. The evaluating instrument utilized was the Personal Problem Solving System-Revised (PPSS-R) as developed by G. F. Ronan. The results indicate that in relation to card 1, men more often than women saw the cause of the problem as removable. With card 6GF, women were more motivated to resolve the given problem than were men, women had a higher personal control and their stories contained more optimism compared to men’s stories. In relation to card 6BM women, more often than men, used emotions generated from the problem to orient themselves within the problem. With card 13MF, the men’s level of stress was less compared to that of the women, and men were more able to plan within the context of problem-solving. Significant differences in the examined groups were found in those cards which depicted significant gender and parental potentials. The TAT can be used to help identify personality characteristics and gender differences.

Transfer of Training on Location of a Fault: Effects of Trainer's Observation, Prompting, and Achievement Level

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 987-999
Author(s):  
Vernon R. Putz
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Of Training ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Transfer Task ◽  
Time Trial ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Training Conditions ◽  
The Social

Four training conditions were investigated with human Ss differentiated according to high achievement and low achievement academic histories. Trainer's presence or absence was paired with conditions of trial and error and prompting in a complete factorial. It was hypothesized based on a Hull-Spence interpretation of social facilitation that trainer's presence with prompting during training would lead to superior transfer over conditions of trainer's absence and prompting, while the lowest transfer was expected with the combined condition of trainer's presence and trial and error. It was further assumed that high achievers would learn the task readily and be relatively unaffected by the four training conditions. On the transfer task for both fault-misses and response time trial and error for the low achievers was superior to prompting. Trainer's presence was insignificant, while achievement level was influential. The results suggested that active learning involving the task-activity of trial and error was more arousing than the social factor of the trainer's presence, particularly in view of the fact that the trainer lacked significant evaluative ability for the trainee- Ss in the laboratory setting.

scholarly journals Relación entre conducta prosocial, resolución de problemas y consumo de drogas en adolescentes

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Hernández-Serrano ◽  
José P. Espada ◽  
Alejandro Guillén-Riquelme
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Prosocial Behaviours ◽  
Age Range

<p>The objectives of the present study are the following ones: 1) to study the use of drugs, the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with respect to age and gender, and 2) to analyze the association of both the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with the use of drugs. An exploratory cross-sectional study was performed, amongst a sample of 567 students in Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education (48.14% males) with an age range from 14 to 17 years (<em>M </em>= 14.92; <em>SD </em>= 0.90). Statistically significant differences were found concerning alcohol use and the prosocial behaviour with respect to gender, as well as concerning alcohol and cannabis use with respect to age. Logistic regression analyses revealed statistical significance of the prosocial behaviour with respect to the use of alcohol and cannabis. The ability in problem-solving was the most important protective predictor with respect to the abuse of cannabis. The results from this study enhance the importance of tailored interventions based on the promotion of prosocial behaviours and/or problem-solving strategies as fundamental protective factors for substance use amongst adolescents.</p>

scholarly journals MEASURING STUDENTS’ PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS ON DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS WITH MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 725-736
Author(s):  
Maria Dewati ◽  
A. Suparmi ◽  
Widha Sunarno ◽  
Sukarmin ◽  
C. Cari
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Multiple Representations ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Multiple Representation ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Electrical Circuits ◽  
Physics Problems

Purpose of study: This study aims to measure the level of students' problem-solving skills, using assessment instruments in the form of multiple-choice tests based on the multiple representation approach on DC electrical circuits. Methodology: This research is a quantitative descriptive involving 46 students of physics education. Students are asked to solve the problem of DC electrical circuits on 12 multiple choice questions with open reasons, involving verbal, mathematical, and picture representations. Data were analyzed by determining means and standard deviations. Main findings: The results of the study showed that there were 3 levels of students' problem-solving skills, namely 7 (15%) students in the high category, 22 (48%) students in the medium category and 17 (37%) students in the low category. Applications of this study: The implication of this research is to continuously develop assessment instruments based on multiple representations in the form of various types of tests, to help students improve their conceptual understanding, so students can solve physics problems correctly. The novelty of this study: Researchers explain the right way to solve physics problems, 1) students are trained to focus on identifying problems, 2) students are accustomed to planning solutions using a clear approach, to build an understanding of concepts, 3) students are directed to solve problems accordingly with understanding the concepts they have built.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN SOLVING PROBLEM RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF AREA CONSERVATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rooselyna Ekawati ◽  
Ahmad Wachidul Kohar ◽  
Elly Matul Imah ◽  
Siti Maghfirotun Amin ◽  
Shofan Fiangga
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Seventh Graders ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Area Formula ◽  
High Achiever ◽  
Cyclic Processes

This study aimed to determine the cognitive process employed in problem-solving related to the concept of area conservation for seventh graders. Two students with different mathematical ability were chosen to be the subjects of this research. Each of them was the representative of high achievers and low achievers based on a set of area conservation test. Results indicate that both samples performed more cyclic processes on formulating solution planning, regulating solution part and detecting and correcting error during the problem-solving. However, it was found that the high achiever student performed some processes than those of low achiever. Also, while the high achiever student did not predict any outcomes of his formulated strategies, the low achiever did not carry out the thought process after detecting errors of the initial solution gained. About the concept of area conservation, the finding also reveals that within the samples’ cognitive processes, the use of area formula come first before students decided to look for another strategy such as doing ‘cut-rotate-paste’ for the curved planes, which do not have any direct formula. The possible causes of the results were discussed to derive some recommendation for future studies.

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