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Effectiveness of Demonstrations Supported by ICT Tools on Upper Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards the Learning of Physics
Yap, Boon Chien; Chew, Charles
School Science Review, v95 n353 p61-72 Jun 2014
This quantitative research study reports the effectiveness of demonstrations supported by appropriate information and communication technology (ICT) tools such as dataloggers, animations and video clips on upper secondary school students' attitudes towards the learning of physics. A sample of 94 secondary four express stream (age 16 years) and secondary five normal stream (age 17 years) physics students from four physics classes of a secondary school in Singapore was selected to participate in the study. A pretest-posttest quantitative experimental design was used. The results indicated that, for both the express and normal streams, attitudes towards the learning of physics improved significantly with the use of demonstrations supported by the appropriate use of ICT tools. The implications of the results in the physics curriculum and other science subjects are discussed.
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Demonstrations (Educational), Instructional Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Influence of Technology, Physics, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods, Cohort Analysis, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Secondary School Science, Scientific Attitudes, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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