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| Abstract Title: | Physics and physics engineering students’ physics expectations |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | Previous research on students' physics expectations showed that students' views about physics knowledge and physics learning influence their approaches in physics classes. In this research, we have focused on physics expectations considering quantum physics learning. 92 physics and physics engineering students taking quantum mechanics or quantum theory courses answered The Maryland Physics Expectations (MPEX) Survey. Students' answers indicated the expert like beliefs about physics learning, structure and content of physics knowledge, relation of physics with real life and mathematics, and working for physics learning are in 54,2%. Expert like ideas varied between 44,2%-60,3% in six dimensions. No significant difference was identified according to gender, however results indicated that physics students had statistically higher physics expectations than physics engineering students. The findings indicated how and to what extent students' views about physics varied when they learn a new framework – quantum physics – different from the familiar one – classical physics. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session A |
| Poster Number: | A-131 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Nilüfer Didiş Körhasan Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Türkiye Zonguldak, 67300 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Gesche Pospiech, TU Dresden, 01187, Dresden, Germany |
