Correlation study of physics achievement, learning strategy, attitude and gender in an introductory physics course

dc.creator	Gamze SEZGİN SELÇUK
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:34:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:34:46Z
dc.identifier	1609-4913
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aa6ec093f1da4ecfa3248402bb2d7ab7
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22830
dc.description	This study investigates the relationship between multiple predictors of physics achievement including reported use of four learning strategy clusters (elaboration, organization, comprehension monitoring and rehearsal), attitudes towards physics (sense of care and sense of interest) and a demographic variable (gender) in order to determine the significant predictors of physics achievement. The subjects involved in this study were 357 first and second year pre-service teachers at Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. Subjects were asked to fill out a personal information form, the revised Learning Strategies Scale for Physics Learning (R-LSSPL) and the Scale of Attitudes towards Physics (SAP). Correlation analyses indicate significant relationships between some variables of the study. Multiple regression analyses (stepwise) revealed that learning strategies accounted for 73% of the variation in physics achievement and all the learning strategy clusters (p<0.001) were found to be statistically significant predictors of physics achievement. The implications of these results for physics education are discussed in this paper.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation	http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v11_issue2/selcuk/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source	Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 4 (2010)
dc.subject	Physics achievement
dc.subject	learning strategies
dc.subject	attitude
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Correlation study of physics achievement, learning strategy, attitude and gender in an introductory physics course
dc.type	article