Učeničke poteškoće u kinematici

master's thesis

• Author: Karolina Boras
• Mentor: Maja Planinić (mentor)
• Committee member: Maja Planinić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Aleksandra Čižmešija (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Željko Skoko (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Mladen Jurak (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Mario Basletić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Mathematics); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Physics); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-26, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics

Abstract

U ovom diplomskom radu je istraženo koliko učenici u srednjoj školi razumiju grafičke prikaze gibanja. Konstruiran je test o interpretaciji grafova od 15 zadataka i pomoću njega je provedeno istraživanje razumijevanja grafova na uzorku od 48 učenika jedne zagrebačke gimnazije. Svi zadatci su podijeljeni u dvije osnovne skupine: problem nerazumijevanja nagiba grafa i površine ispod grafa. Na temelju analize rezultata zaključeno je da učenici imaju podjednako poteškoća pri rješavanju problema površine ispod grafa i problema nagiba. Nadalje, dobiveni rezultati su uspoređeni s jednim američkim istraživanjem provedenim na 895 učenika i studenata. Na temelju usporedbe utvrđeno je da hrvatski i američki ispitanici imaju iste poteškoće što ukazuje na to da će neki koncepti u fizici učenicima uvijek biti teže razumljivi. Hrvatski učenici su riješili sve zadatke sa znatnom boljom točnošću od američkih. Jedan od razloga tome je mali i specifičan uzorak hrvatskih gimnazijalaca gdje je provedeno istraživanje ubrzo nakon što su završili gradivo kinematike, dok je američki uzorak puno veći i nehomogeniji. Na temelju ovoga istraživanja se ne može zaključivati o cijeloj populaciji hrvatskih učenika, no pronađeno je da učenicima najveći problem stvaraju negativan nagib pravca i pravci koji ne prolaze kroz ishodište te interpretacija i opisivanje grafičkih prikaza gibanja. U nastavi fizike nastavnici bi trebali više analizirati tako opisane grafove te inzistirati na interpretaciji grafičkog prikaza i pritom poticati učenike na rad i razvijanje kreativnog mišljenja pri pronalasku vlastitih rješenja fizikalnih problema.

Abstract (english)

In this diploma thesis, it was investigated how well students in high school understand graphic representations of motion. Research was conducted on 48 students at Zagreb high school who were tested on interpretation of 15 graphic representations of motion. There were two separate questions that we wanted to evaluate: student’s understanding of the meaning of the slope of the motion graph and the student’s understanding of the meaning of the area under the graph. Based on the analysis of the results, it was concluded that students have equal difficulty in solving the problem of the area under the graph and the slope problem. The results that were collected during this thesis were compared with one of the American research projects that was conducted on 894 students, and it is concluded that both Croatian and American students have the same comprehension problems. This indicates that there will always be some physical concepts that will be harder to understand. Croatian students solved all tasks with significantly better accuracy than American students. This might be due to the smaller and more specific group of students that were tested since the research took part right after they completed the kinematics lectures. Based on this research, it is not possible to draw conclusions about the entire population of Croatian students. What was found is that students have most problems while understanding the negative slope of the direction and directions that do not pass through the origin, as well as the interpretation and description of graphic representations of motion. In physics classes, teachers should analyze the graphs way more and insist on the interpretation of the graphic representation while encouraging students to think more critically while finding their own solutions to the physics problems.

• Keywords: interpretacija grafova; razumijevanje grafova; problem površine ispod grafa; problem nagiba; kinematika
• Keywords (english): interpretation of graphic representations of motion; meaning of the slope of the motion graph; meaning of the area under the graph; kinematics
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:035276
• Study programme: Title: Mathematics and Physics Education; specializations in: Mathematics and Physics Education; Course: Mathematics and Physics Education; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni magistar edukacije matematike i fizike (sveučilišni magistar edukacije matematike i fizike)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-02-08 07:18:52