Gender motivational gap and contribution of different teaching approaches to female students' motivation to learn physics.

ABSTRACT: This research focuses on potential gender differences in motivation to learn Physics with the aim to determine the weakest female motivational components to learn Physics and the contribution of different teaching approaches (using real and virtual experiments) on those components and motivation for learning Physics in general. These two approaches were chosen as the most commonly used approaches in physics but without clear compared indication on females' motivation. The standardized questionnaire SMTSL (Student's Motivation towards Science Learning) is used for the measurements. The results show that for female students the weakest motivational components to learn Physics are the importance of Physics as a science and self-efficacy. Virtual experiments contribute more to females' motivat

SUBMITTER: Radulovic B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617855 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature