27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Performance of Foundation Physics students in First year university physics

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track E - Physics Education

Speaker

Prof. Fhatuwani Mundalamo (Tshwane University of Technology)

Description

This paper reports on the role played by Foundation Physics course in preparing students for first year university physics. The performance of students who enrolled for and those who did not enroll for Foundation Physics after Grade 12 were compared in first year physics. 57 students who enrolled for Foundation Physics before and 107 students who did not enroll for Foundation Physics before first year physics wrote mechanics examinations and a mechanics questionnaire known as the Force Motion and Conceptual Evaluation. The results ind

Primary author

Prof. Fhatuwani Mundalamo (Tshwane University of Technology)

Co-author

Prof. Diane Grayson (University of Pretoria)

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