The Effectiveness of Practical Work in Physics to Improve Students’ Academic Performances

Lee, Mei Chi; Sulaiman, Fauziah

doi:10.20319/pijss.2018.33.14041419

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“…Lack of agriculture-related practical work came as the fifth important cause for the poor performance of students. This finding supports the one by Lee and Sulaiman (2018) who report that students who are involved in practical agricultural work performed better than those who were not. Further, Ojukwu (2015) and, Moyo and Maseko (2016) determined that the inadequacy of practical experience influenced the performance of students negatively.…”

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Poor Academic Performance of Students in Agriculture at Primary Schools in Botswana: Analysis of Causes and Ways to ImproveSom Pal Baliyan

Baliyan¹,

Malebalwa²,

Keregero³

et al. 2021

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This quantitative study analysed the factors that cause poor performance and identified the possible ways to improve the performance of students in agriculture at primary schools in Botswana. Data was collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire through a survey of a randomly sampled 200 students in primary schools in Botswana. A One sample t-test determined the twenty-five causes of the poor performance of students in agriculture; the six most important causes were found to be the shortage of appropriate tools and equipment, lack of libraries and laboratories, lack of out of schools activities, poor teaching methods, lack of practical work and, students’ negative attitude towards learning. Female students and students studying in schools located in urban areas perceived these causes as being more important compare to their counterparts in the rural areas. An Independent t-test determined eleven causes which showed a significant difference in performance between the male and female students as well as the students in schools located in the rural and urban areas, respectively. The six most important ways to improve the students’ performance were identified as the inclusion of more practical work in the syllabus, ensuring help out of the classroom, increasing practical work, providing accessible internet, providing updated textbooks and activating agricultural clubs in the schools. It is recommended that the policy makers and administrators to focus on the factors causing poor performance and the ways to improve performance while revising the existing agriculture curriculum.

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Poor Academic Performance of Students in Agriculture at Primary Schools in Botswana: Analysis of Causes and Ways to ImproveSom Pal Baliyan

Baliyan¹,

Malebalwa²,

Keregero³

et al. 2021

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“…These aspects are closely linked to meaningful learning (Ausubel, 1978;Fink, 2013). Although we need stronger evidence to conclude students were more engaged, previous research has shown students may feel more engaged when they are able to make connections to the real world (Geller, 2018) and when they participate in the process, even achieving higher grades (Wilcox, 2016;Lee, 2018;Von Korff, 2016).…”

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“…We have not assessed soft skills, but some of the references we presented previously show that the methodology and similar conditions may foster development of critical thinking, communication, teamwork and problem solving (Khanlari, 2013;Schwichow, 2016;Coffman, 2017;Lee, 2018;Nikolopoulou, 2020;Zhong, 2020). This is a preliminary study.…”

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Educational Robotics: Building and Applying an App-controlled Car to Study Newton’s Laws

Matos

Zannin

2021

Open Education Studies

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The use of technology – including mobile phones – in classrooms is a growing and promising trend, but it still needs research on ways to integrate it in classrooms and on its impacts. We propose a low cost educational product where students assemble an Arduino car remotely controlled through a mobile app and use it to study Newton’s third law, of action-reaction forces. The teacher used an inquiry-based approach to prompt students to test towing capacity of the car. Students connected the car to different weights and used a structure of pulleys to investigate the behaviour of fixed and movable pulleys, as well as the forces involved. The goal of the activity is to motivate students to study physics and to facilitate learning. This article describes a pilot implementation of the educational product in a secondary school of Brazil. We used a qualitative approach to evaluate the implementation. Students answered a survey before and after the activities. They also delivered a report and answered questions about the physics involved. The teacher recorded his observations. The product and the strategy showed great potential: these students were more motivated and engaged in the classes and were able to learn the main concepts involved.

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“…This finding is in agreement with the position of Adesoji and Olatubosun (2008) and Buthelezi (2012), who argued that students' academic performance in physics becomes better when they are able to recall what was seen and touched during practical session than what was merely mentioned in the classroom. Similarly, Odunbunmi and Adigun (1991) as cited in Lee and Sulaiman (2018), strongly advocated practical activities in science for weaker students as against the predominant use of lecture method.…”

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Practical Electronics as a Tool for Enhancing Physics Students’ Interest in Learning the Concept of Electricity in Lagos, Nigeria

Amusa

2022

International Journal of Educational Research Review

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The need to scale-up physics students' interest in learning the concept of electricity at the senior secondary school level has remained a concern for physics educators. This study examined the influence of practical electronics activities as an intervention towards raising the students' interest in learning electricity related topics in physics. A nonexperimental design of causal-comparative research type was adopted while multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 280 senior secondary III (SS3) physics students from Education District II in Lagos State. A self-developed questionnaire titled "Students Interest Scale on Learning the Concept of Electricity (SIS-LCE)" was administered to capture the demographic profile of the students and their interest in learning the concept of electricity. The ordinal alpha reliability coefficient yielded a value of 0.88. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used in the analysis while independent Sample t-test was deployed to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. Findings showed that students who engaged in practical electronics had higher interest in learning the concept of electricity than those who did not. Thus, the author recommends that practical electronics activities should be encouraged among physics students at the secondary school level.

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The Effectiveness of Practical Work in Physics to Improve Students’ Academic Performances

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Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Poor Academic Performance of Students in Agriculture at Primary Schools in Botswana: Analysis of Causes and Ways to ImproveSom Pal Baliyan

Poor Academic Performance of Students in Agriculture at Primary Schools in Botswana: Analysis of Causes and Ways to ImproveSom Pal Baliyan

Educational Robotics: Building and Applying an App-controlled Car to Study Newton’s Laws

Practical Electronics as a Tool for Enhancing Physics Students’ Interest in Learning the Concept of Electricity in Lagos, Nigeria

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