Speaker
Mr
GIDEON STEPHEN BASSAW
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE)
Description
Acquiring Physics knowledge for undergraduates comes with lots of anxiety and apathy on the part of most students. Examinations have a major influence on the approach to studying physics and hence have an effect on the students’ performance. Many students may stay away from lectures, however, they will do everything possible to attend tests and examinations. The influence of examinations on students can be used to drive the process of learning physics. This paper reports on a study investigating the influence tests has on students’ attitude towards physics and learning of physics in the first year mainstream mechanics module, PHY111, in the Department of Physics at the University of the Western Cape. In this presentation, an overview will be given of how tests are used in the PHY111 module to drive and focus student learning as well as the findings of a survey of the influence tests have on students’ attitude towards physics and learning will be presented and discussed.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Dr Mark Herbert
msherbert@uwc.ac.za
University of the Western Cape
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
yes
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
yes
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
MSc
Primary author
Mr
GIDEON STEPHEN BASSAW
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE)
Co-author
Dr
Mark Herbert Herbert
(University of the Western Cape)
