Physics demonstrations: who are the students appreciating them?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F21%3A10435803" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/21:10435803 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pR.Ok08w2F" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pR.Ok08w2F</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2020.1871526" target="_blank" >10.1080/09500693.2020.1871526</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Physics demonstrations: who are the students appreciating them?
Original language description
Despite the contemporary emphasis on students' practical work, lecture demonstrations with their unique power to stimulate students' interest remain an inseparable part of physics education. At our faculty, performing physics demonstrations for upper secondary students (DEMOs) has a tradition lasting three decades. In our study, we sought to identify factors predetermining students' positive acceptance of these demonstrations. With a research sample of almost 5000 students, we used the modified Intrinsic Motivation Inventory questionnaire to investigate their intrinsic motivation towards and perception of DEMOs. Subsequently, we examined this data against respondents' gender, marks in physics, intention to study it at university, and declared attitudes towards physics as a school subject. We found out the acceptance of DEMOs is independent of gender and students' interest in physics as a school subject. On the other hand, better marks in physics and stronger intention to study it were associated with a more positive assessment of the demonstrations. As the strongest predictors for positive acceptance of DEMOs, giftedness, and diligence in physics (as expressed by respondents themselves) were identified. Cluster analysis uncovered four groups of students, one of which especially seems to be interesting regarding the possibility of their future study of physics - it groups students who do not plan to study physics at this moment but achieve good results in it and have a relatively high intention to study some other STEM discipline. Because they showed a largely positive perception of DEMOs, we discuss the possibilities to use lecture demonstrations to stimulate their interest.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Science Education
ISSN
0950-0693
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
529-551
UT code for WoS article
000611639000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099862464