Competencies of data analysis and interpretation on an educational Physics experiment by undergraduate students

Πρακτικά Εκτεταμένων Συνόψεων Εργασιών
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Published: Sep 24, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.5511
Keywords:
Educational experiment Physics education Scientific competencies
Stylianos Kastrinakis
National Technical University of Athens
Dimitris Chalkidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract

Data analysis and interpretation are integral parts of laboratory Physics education. The scientific reports from 30 undergraduate Engineering students about a Classical Mechanics experiment were analysed concerning the practice of relevant inquiry competencies. About one third of them omit main features in graph creation. Moreover, and the conceptualization of experimental errors, and significant figures seem not to be understood to a large extent in depth. It is common not to understand the main purpose of the experiment, since students usually do not answer the initial inquiry question through explicit references to the conceptual theoretical framework.

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