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| Autor/inn/en | Mbonyiryivuze, Agnes; Yadav, Lakhan Lal; Amadalo, Maurice Musasia |
|---|---|
| Titel | Physics Students' Conceptual Understanding of Electricity and Magnetism in Nine Years Basic Education in Rwanda |
| Quelle | In: European Journal of Educational Research, 11 (2022) 1, S.83-101 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Mbonyiryivuze, Agnes) ORCID (Yadav, Lakhan Lal) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 2165-8714 |
| Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Energy; Magnets; Scientific Concepts; Misconceptions; Science Tests; Secondary School Science; Knowledge Level; Gender Differences; Rural Urban Differences; Secondary School Students; Rwanda |
| Abstract | We investigate students' misconceptions in electrostatics, direct current (DC) and magnetism which are important in electricity and magnetism. We developed and administered a multiple-choice questionnaire test to reveal students' misconceptions related to charged bodies, lightning, electric fields, electric potential, forces, DC resistive electric circuits and magnets. This test aimed at obtaining quantitative information about misconceptions and was administered to 380 senior two students from Nine Year Basic Education (9YBE) Schools. The selected students have some experience with the new Rwandan secondary physics Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) that is currently under implementation. We find that senior two students have several common misconceptions related to these concepts. The data indicate that although students have some backgrounds on the subject matter, they still seem to believe that if the two charges are separated by a distance, a large-charged object exerts a greater force of attraction or repulsion on the small one. Considerable number of participated students held the misconception of considering current consumption in the resistor/bulb or the electrical devices in the circuits. They also believed that the battery was a continuous current source. The findings also revealed that students held a misconception that a bar magnet when broken into pieces, it is demagnetized. Moreover, a considerable number of participants hold the misconception that all metals are attracted by a magnet. Our study also revealed some of the statistically significant differences in terms of either gender or location of schools for some items. (As Provided). |
| Anmerkungen | Eurasian Society of Educational Research. 7321 Parkway Drive South, Hanover, MD 21076. e-mail: publisher@eu-jer.com; Web site: https://www.eu-jer.com/ |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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