Prof.
Eric Mazur
(Harvard University)
20/05/2015, 14:00
Physics Education
Invited talk
Why is it that stellar students sometimes fail in the workplace while dropouts succeed? One reason is that most, if not all, of our current assessment practices are inauthentic. Just as the lecture focuses on the delivery of information to students, so does assessment often focus on having students regurgitate that same information back to the instructor. Consequently, assessment fails to...
Dr
Sirapat Pratontep
(College of Nanotechnology, King Mongut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Rd., Ladkrabang, 10520, Thailand)
20/05/2015, 14:30
Physics Education
Oral presentation
A high failure rate is becoming a common occurrence in university physics courses for the first year students. Will there ever be a way out? Here we report a case study of a first-year physics course (with a class size of fifty) at College of Nanotechnology, KMITL. The course has been designed to bridge the gap between basic physics at high schools to advanced physics concepts in materials...
Kwan Arayathanitkul
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400),
Narumon Emarat
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400)
20/05/2015, 14:45
Physics Education
Oral presentation
Team teaching is a strategy that has been used in first-year physics classes at Mahidol University for ten years. This specific method consists of two teachers working together in the same classroom. The courses were Introductory Physics I and II for first-year science students (ranging from 250 to 300 students) and the lectures were conducted in a large sloping theatre. Worksheets have been...
Mr
Ariyaphol Jiwalak
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400)
20/05/2015, 15:00
Physics Education
Oral presentation
This study investigates students’ skill in physics laboratory; in particular, measurement and uncertainty. Data were obtained from undergraduate physics students from various universities in Thailand, including the second-year physics students at Mahidol University. It was found from pre-test that most students, who have already passed the introductory physics laboratory class, still lack of...
Ms
Chitchanok Lesak
(Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand; Physics Education Research Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand)
20/05/2015, 15:15
Physics Education
Oral presentation
When two objects made from different materials are rubbed and immediately separated, negative charges or electrons are then transferred from a surface of one object to another one, depending on material of each object. The charge transfer process due to rubbing is called “triboelectrification.” This study aimed to measure transferred triboelectric charges by using two methods. The first method...
Bimba Andrew
(Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur)
20/05/2015, 15:30
Physics Education
Oral presentation
Over the past two decades, research has shown that students who experience academic difficulties and actively seek help achieve academic success. This finding has resulted in the development of various adaptive help seeking components for adaptive learning environments. However, the existing question-answering systems are designed based on specific templates. Thus, it is not robust enough to...
Mr
Panat Nanthanasit
(Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand)
20/05/2015, 15:45
Physics Education
Oral presentation
Gauss’s law is important in understanding electrostatic; however, it is one of topics that students have difficulties in understanding and solving problems. This study aimed to analyze students’ understanding of electrostatics while solving Gauss’s law problems. In surveying student understanding of Gauss’s law, a conceptual survey on symmetry and Gauss’s law developed by Singh (2000) were...
Mr
Nuttawoot Sricharoenchai
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400)
20/05/2015, 16:00
Physics Education
Oral presentation
We have adopted the Interactive Lecture Demonstration (ILD) which is one of the active learning strategies to teach high-school students in the topic of magnetic force on a moving charged particle in order to enhance student conceptual understanding. Three sample groups of grade 12 students were studied; G1 and G2 were taught by ILD but students in G1 had a better background of physics...
Mr
Trai Unyapoti
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400)
20/05/2015, 16:15
Physics Education
Oral presentation
The objective of this study was to improve student’s understanding and problem solving skill for high-school students in the topic of conservation of momentum in the collision. The topic covered concepts of momentum and impulse, type of collision, law of conservation of momentum and collision in one and two dimensions.
We used the learning modules that were composed of the guided...
Ms
Arunee Eambaipreuk
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND 10400)
20/05/2015, 16:30
Physics Education
Oral presentation
Many students have difficulties when they solve problems in circular
motion. This motivated us to create a problem-solving strategy for such particular topic. The strategy was incorporated in the large-class instruction by
including it in a class-worksheet. We expected that the strategy could help
students work their way through solving circular motion problems. The sample was composed of...
Ms
Jiraporn Boonpo
(Department of Education in Science and Technology, Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 40002)
20/05/2015, 16:45
Physics Education
Oral presentation
Simple harmonic motion is physics’ topic that the student still has misconception and difficulty. Predict-observe-explain approach is based on constructivism. It is designed for engaging the student to the learning situation while the video analysis technique supports students to link a real world and theoretical analysis. Therefore, this study aimed to enhance students’ understanding of...
Dr
Watcharawuth Krittinatham
(1Division of Physics, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao, THAILAND 56000)
20/05/2015, 17:00
Physics Education
Oral presentation
This research aims to survey the ideas of 120 high-school students, in Phayao province, about Kepler’s laws of motion and classical mechanics. Both topics, all students already studied in Astronomy and Physics classes. Their ideas are investigated by the open-ended questions which allow them to answer and give their reasons to support. Students’ responses are categorized by determining how...
Mr
Chatchai Hussadorn
(Department of Physics, Faculty of science, King Mongkut’s University of technology Thonburi, 126 Prachautid road, Bangmod, Bangkok 10140 Thailand)
20/05/2015, 17:15
Physics Education
Oral presentation
The understanding students’ conceptual background after the traditional teaching for studying static fluid is one of the most essential keys to design effective teaching activities. The conceptual understanding of 245 high school students in the topic of buoyant force act on the object in liquid was investigated by using 10 questions conceptual understanding test. The questions were divided...
Prof.
Eric Mazur
(Harvard University)
21/05/2015, 13:30
Oral presentation
