The role of mathematics in physics: Building knowledge and describing the empirical world

Doran, Y. J.

doi:10.7764/onomazein.sfl.08

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“…This relationship is expressed as a two-way process (mathematics is a method used in physics and physics is one of material used in mathematics), the proximity of the study object, the historical closeness, and this closeness affects the teaching and learning of the two subjects (Tzanakis, n.d.). Mathematics is used to solve problems in physics from elementary to high school and a tool for developing theory in physics (Doran, 2017). Mathematics has many branches, namely algebra, geometry, analysis, probability and statistics.…”

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Teachers’ Difficulties and Strategies in Physics Teaching and Learning That Applying Mathematics

Retnawati

Arlinwibowo²,

Wulandari

et al. 2018

JBSE

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In a teaching and learning process, the mastery of mathematics would support students in learning physics. The aim of the research is to analyse the difficulties of physics teachers’ in conducting teaching and learning process that demands the requirements of mathematical concepts in senior high schools. The research was a qualitative research using phenomenological approach. The data were collected through focus group discussion (FGD) that involved 15 teachers from public and private senior high schools in the Kudus Regency, the Province of Central Java, Indonesia. The analysis was conducted by applying the Bogdan & Biklen model. The results of the research showed several findings if there had been problems of un-synchronism in the material orders of mathematics and physics that hindered the teaching and learning process. The strategies that physics teachers had applied individually are teaching mathematics materials as prerequisite first and making module collaboratively. The new arrangement of teaching and learning materials in mathematics and physics are needed to cover the problems. Keywords: mathematics mastery, physics teaching, learning process, difficulties and strategies.

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Teachers’ Difficulties and Strategies in Physics Teaching and Learning That Applying Mathematics

Retnawati

Arlinwibowo²,

Wulandari

et al. 2018

JBSE

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“…The complete LCT "toolkit" has five complementary sub-components; we are concerned only with studying the organisation of knowledge in the intended school curricula, which is the purview of the LCT Semantics dimension that comprises SG and SD codes (Doran 2017). Note again that how knowledge is understood here (based from sociological and linguistic perspectives) is different from the idea of knowledge in RBT (derived from psychology) (Anderson et al 2001).…”

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How Complex or Abstract Are Science Learning Outcomes? A Novel Coding Scheme Based on Semantic Density and Gravity

Lee

Wan

2020

Res Sci Educ

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There has been a longstanding interest in the kinds of scientific knowledge that primary science learners must know and be able to do, which comprise the intellectual demands in this subject. These prescriptions chiefly take guidance from national curriculum documents, especially in the form of their learning outcomes (LO) or learning standards. Using the concepts of semantic density (SD) and semantic gravity (SG), we formulate a novel coding scheme for primary science LO based on Semantics and Legitimation Code Theory. We demonstrate how SD and SG provide insights into the levels of complexity and abstraction respectively from a mix of qualitative and quantitative criteria that we devised. We empirically test the utility of this coding scheme by comparing present reformed primary science LO with their previous versions across three East-Asian regions. It was shown that their LO were not significantly different over versions in terms of SD/SG, had typically one to two learning points, favoured more contextdependent expressions, and were predominantly coded as SD-SG+. This research provides a complementary method of determining the intellectual demands of science curricula in terms of complexity and abstraction of LO that has implications for science teaching as well as the improvement of epistemological access for learners.

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“…Mathematical representation is a way to show a condition using a mathematical model (Park & Choi, 2013;Purwadi, Sudiarta & Suparta, 2019). It is used to observe prediction and assumption of a problem using reasoning skill so that the students can understand, make, and evaluate assumptions and arguments mathematically and systematically (Cartrette & Bodner, 2010;Nor'ain Mohd & Chinnappan, 2016;Doran, 2017). In general, mathematical representation takes the form of equation and formula (Namdar & Shen, 2017) and the combination of mathematical symbols and structure which use numbers, variables, and equation (Jaccard & Jacoby, 2010;Priyadi, Kuswanto & Sumarna, 2020).…”

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The effectiveness of the use of the Android-based Carom games comic integrated to discovery learning in improving critical thinking and mathematical representation abilities

Rahayu

Kuswanto

2021

J. Technol. Sci. Educ.

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This research aims to reveal the effectiveness of the use of the Android-based carom games comic integrated to discovery learning (MIKIMOM) in improving critical thinking and mathematical representation in the teaching of physics. It is quantitative research with the quasi experimental research design. It was conducted in two phases, with the first phase for empirical try out of the test and second phase for the application of MIKIMOM to reveal the effectiveness of the developed media in teaching. The empirical try out was conducted to 261 grade XI MIA students, while the application of the media was conducted to 32 grade X MIA students of State Senior High School (SSHS) 2 Banguntapan using the Power Points materials. The data were collected using a critical thinking and mathematical representation test which was valid and reliable according to the empirical testing. The data were analyzed using the QUEST program to see the validity and reliability of the test items, and the MANOVA test to see the effectiveness of the media. The research finding shows that MIKIMOM is effective in improving the critical thinking and mathematical representation of the students with the scores of 0.287 (large effect size) and 0.179 (medium effect size).

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The role of mathematics in physics: Building knowledge and describing the empirical world

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

Teachers’ Difficulties and Strategies in Physics Teaching and Learning That Applying Mathematics

Teachers’ Difficulties and Strategies in Physics Teaching and Learning That Applying Mathematics

How Complex or Abstract Are Science Learning Outcomes? A Novel Coding Scheme Based on Semantic Density and Gravity

The effectiveness of the use of the Android-based Carom games comic integrated to discovery learning in improving critical thinking and mathematical representation abilities

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