STUDENT OPINIONS ABOUT DYNAMICS OF MOTION ON FRICTION INCLINED PLANE
Abstract
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This study was carried out to determine the opinions of
second-grade high school students about dynamics of motion on a friction
inclined plane. For this study, an open-ended Friction Inclined Plane Motion
Test (SEDHT), consisting of two sections, was developed as the data
collection tool. In the first section, students’ opinions about how some
changes made on the system of a body on a friction inclined plane can affect
the motion of the body are taken. In the second section, the students are
asked to draw a free-body diagram of the system and expected to state the
forces that cause the motion of the body or inhibit it. A total of 108
students, studying in two high schools in Ankara, participated in the study.
According to the study results, most of the students think that the location
and the mass of a body on a friction inclined plane affect the motion of the
body. In addition, the results indicated that in most of the free-body
diagrams drawn by the students, the forces causing the motion were not shown
at all or were shown incorrectly, and some forces that never exist were added
to the system. Finally, the study found out that the students had
misconceptions about the forces causing or inhibiting the motion shown in the
diagrams. |
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 27, 2016
Submission Date
January 20, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 3 Number: 2
