Assessing the electric circuits conceptions of technical vocational education students
Date of Publication
2017
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Teaching Major in Physics
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Science Education
Thesis Adviser
Voltaire M. Mistades
Defense Panel Chair
Lydia S. Roleda
Defense Panel Member
Maricar S. Prudente
Antriman V. Orleans
Abstract/Summary
This study aimed to determine the robust conceptions of Technical Vocational Education students about electric circuits, to identify their mental models and to enumerate the teaching and learning implications of these conceptions and mental models. The study used descriptive design in snapshot approach. The results were interpreted using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. There were 195 respondents specializing in Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) from grades 8 (n=88), 9 (n=88), 10 (n=4) and 11 (n=15) in Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School for SY 2016-2017. A 29-item validated diagnostic test entitled Determining the Resistive Electric Circuits Concepts Test (DIRECT) was used as evaluation tool. Interview was used as follow-up tool to qualitatively assess the students reasoning. Topics under items 18 and 21 were Nearly Mastered. Twenty-seven (27) items were Not Mastered. The highest score obtained (HSO) was 15 where lowest score obtained (LSO) was zero (0). The overall mean of scores achieved was 7.22 at standard deviation (SD) of 2.62. The overall mean percentage score (MPS) was 24.91 at No Mastery. Interview data showed students lack of familiarity about electric circuit symbols, types of electrical connections, nature of materials, and definition of fundamental electrical quantities. There were confusion about voltage, current, resistance and power. Among the mental models of electric circuits are: 1.) electricity moved similar to the flow of cars on a road that stops at a junction or intersection; 2.) electricity comes out from both terminals but positive-source is faster; 3.) electricity flowed uninterruptedly and unconsumed by the loads.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG007237
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
2 discs ; 4 3/4 inches
Keywords
Electricity--Study and teaching (Secondary); Electric circuits--Study and teaching
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Orolfo, J. B. (2017). Assessing the electric circuits conceptions of technical vocational education students. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5313