Prospective physics teachers’ level of understanding energy, power and force concepts

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Issue 1, Article 6 (June, 2009)
Ayşegül SAĞLAM-ARSLAN & Mehmet Altan KURNAZ
Prospective physics teachers’ level of understanding energy, power and force concepts

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Data Analysis

In order to analyze the collected data, four levels were determined based on levels of understanding developed by Abraham et al. (1994).

[0]: Unanswered questions, repeating questions, unclear response or short answers with no explanation

[1]: Answers far from being scientific information

[2]: Answers not fully coinciding with scientific information but having proper attributions

[3]: Answers complying with scientific definitions

The collected data was analyzed according to the levels described above by both of the researchers. Answers from certain levels were sub-categorized when necessary and these sub-categories were presented in the related tables. In the analysis process, inferences were made with respect to these tables and supported with necessary descriptions.

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