Speaker
Dr
Héctor Reyes
(Physics and Chemistry Department, International High School J.H.Newman, Madrid, Spain. )
Description
We want to analyze the motivations in the study of physics in pre-university educational levels. 69 undergraduate students who learnt with a Brain-Based Teaching Approach (BBTA) methodology (Socratic style) were compared to a sample with the same N who had learnt in a masterclass style. Both groups where analysed through Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). T-test and U Mann-Whitney analysis suggest amotivation is the same in both groups, but extrinsic motivations are higher in the classic style group, while the intrinsic motivations are higher in the Socratic one, specially for women (p<0,032). To learn Physics in the proposed way seems to reinforce intrinsic motivations.
Authors
Dr
Héctor Reyes
(Physics and Chemistry Department, International High School J.H.Newman, Madrid, Spain. )
Dr
José Antonio Mirón Canelo
(Department of Biomedical Sciences. Researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain)
Dr
Juan Manuel García González
(Sociology Department, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. )
