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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 18, Issue 2, Article 18 (Dec., 2017) |
The law of mechanical energy conservation is an important aspect of any introductory physics and to make it comprehensible and simpler is even more significant. Several approaches to demonstrate this law can be instated as guided inquiry laboratory with a hands-on model being used in the case of this study. The hands-on model developed as a major part of the guided inquiry laboratory for this study was statistically evident to have enhanced the conceptual understanding of the students. The model designed in a form of an inclined plane was developed from those low-cost materials available in the locality. Besides being considerably precise and because of its easy approach in the operation process, the hands-on model has impacted the students level of understanding the law of mechanical conservation and have resulted in gathering positive attitudes towards the developed learning laboratory as revealed in LAQMEC. The study has revealed that the developed hands-on model was effective and suitable using a guided inquiry approach in enhancing the conceptual understanding of the students. Thus, the result of this study can only support the fact that in science education, teachers are encouraged to engage inquiry almost on a daily basis in their teaching (Jackson & Wenning, 2010).
This study was possible due to the full scholarship awarded by the Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA).
