The Effects of Peer Instruction on Students' Conceptual Learning and Motivation

Autor/in	Gok, Tolga
Titel	The Effects of Peer Instruction on Students' Conceptual Learning and Motivation
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 13 (2012) 1, Artikel 10 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Physics; Motivation; Self Efficacy; Control Groups; Lecture Method; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Peer Teaching; Pretests Posttests; Experimental Groups; College Students; Algebra; Factor Analysis; Science Instruction; Science Education; Turkey; Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Collegestudent; Faktorenanalyse; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of peer instruction on college students' conceptual learning, motivation, and self-efficacy in an algebra-based introductory physics course for nonmajors. Variables were studied via a quasi-experiment, Solomon four-group design on 123 students. Treatment groups were taught by peer instruction. Control groups were taught by traditional didactic lecture method. To assess the effects of peer instruction, students were administered Force Concept Inventory and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Factorial analyses indicated that the treatment groups acquired significantly more conceptual learning, and were significantly more self-efficacious than students in the control groups. It was found that there were no significant differences in motivation between groups. (Contains 1 figure and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10