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Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to investigate comparative consequences between two teaching approaches. The PRISMS approach and a non-PRISMS traditional approach, were employed in this study. Students' attitude towards physics related to those two teaching approaches is also examined.
In order to obtain statistically significant results, a sample with 180 11th grade young people was randomly chosen from the population of 565 students. Several scholastic assessment instruments were used to test students' achievement and examine students' attitudes towards physics. Integrated Process Skills Test II, High School Physics Test I, and Force Concept Inventory were employed as tests in this research.
The data resulting from the pre-tests and post-tests were described by the arithmetic mean, a common measure of central tendency. The z-score and T-test were also used to indicate how different was the PRISMS group compared with the control groups.
The results of the study showed a higher scores for PRISMS students than for non-PRISMS. A significant correlation between learners' attitudes and teaching strategies was also discerned.
Statistics showed that as greater reasoning was applied, the higher were students' performance scores.
Year of Submission
1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Science Education Program
Date Original
8-1994
Object Description
1 PDF (110 pages)
Copyright
©1994 Frank Feng-sen Li
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Li, Frank Feng-sen, "A Comparison of Students’ Performance in Physics Achievement Between PRISMS Learning Cycle Approach and the Traditional Teaching Methods in a Selected Rural High School in Taiwan" (1994). Graduate Research Papers. 4570.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4570
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