An evaluation of physics achievement of engineering students in selected universities and colleges in the Philippines

Date of Publication

1984

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Teaching Major in Physics

Subject Categories

Physics

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Science Education

Thesis Adviser

Melecio Deauna

Defense Panel Chair

Angel Martinez

Defense Panel Member

Bee Ching Ong
Herminia Torres

Abstract/Summary

The study determines the strengths and weaknesses of the third year engineering students in the field of physics in terms of the cognitive skill levels and content areas. All data used in the study were taken from the achievement testings in the field of biology, chemistry and physics and mathematics conducted by the Philippine Science and Mathematics Council (PSMC) during the school years 1982-1983 and 1983-1984, with permission granted by the PSMC. The answer sheets in physics achievement test of third year engineering students were singled out for the study. Means, medians and standard deviations were computed from the frequency distributed ungrouped scores. The difficulty indices were determined from the proportions of the subjects answering the items correctly. These difficulty indices were the basis for determining the strengths and weaknesses in physics of the engineering students as manifested by the results of their physics achievement test. The physics achievement, as indicated by the scores, was correlated with some nominal and interval data using Point-biserial correlation coefficients and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients, respectively. Hypotheses were tested at, at least 5 percent significance level using Student's t-test. Findings The 1983-84 third year engineering students have weak physics achievement in the cognitive skill levels of Knowledge and Application, but have strong physics achievement in the Comprehension level. The same students have strong physics achievement in the content areas of Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism, but weak physics achievement in the content areas of Optics and Modern Physics. The physics achievement of the 1983-84 third year engineering students are not significantly different from the national norms established by PSMC in 1982-83. Both EE and ME students have significantly higher physics achievements than both ChE and CE students. The physics achievement of engineering students is not significantly related with the following factors:

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG01247

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

81 leaves; 28 cm.

Keywords

Physics -- Study and teaching; Academic achievement

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