Longitudinal data analysis of the Force Concept Inventory; Exploring the process of understanding the concept of mechanics in three years of high school

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K02881
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Munejiri Shuji 広島大学, 先進理工系科学研究科(総), 准教授 (90353119)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 物理教育研究 / 力学概念 / 物理基礎 / 高校物理 / 運動学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Newtonian mechanics is the most fundamental field of physics study. The purpose of this study was to determine in what order learners (high school students) beginning to study mechanics understand the various concepts of Newtonian mechanics, and what variables explain the individual differences in understanding.　We conducted a mechanics concept survey of 361 high school students and analyzed the data. The results revealed that understanding the field of kinematics is important for understanding the concepts of mechanics, and that this is related to the subsequent increase in individual scores and to whether students choose "physics" in high school.

Free Research Field

物理教育研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって，運動学の概念理解はその後の力学の概念理解に大きな影響を与えることが明らかになった。さらに，それはその後，生徒が「物理」を選択するかどうかにも関わることがデータによって示された。つまり運動学の理解が，生徒の進路にも影響することが明らかになった。運動学について丁寧に時間をとって指導していくことが必要であると思われる。