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Direct linkSahin, Mehmet – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on freshmen engineering students' beliefs about physics and physics learning (referred to as epistemological beliefs) and conceptual understanding of physics. The multiple-choice test of energy and momentum concepts and the Colorado learning attitudes about…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Based Learning, Physics, Foreign Countries
Sahin, Mehmet – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
This study investigated the effects of problem-based learning on students' beliefs about physics and physics learning and conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics. The study further examines the relationship between students' beliefs about physics and their conceptual understanding of mechanics concepts. Participants were 124 Turkish…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Mechanics (Physics), Correlation, Calculus
Download full textSahin, Mehmet – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of student grades in introductory physics courses utilizing problem-based learning (PBL) approach and traditional lecturing. The study employed correlational/predictive methods to investigate and describe/explain relationships of students' physics grades with their expectations, attitudes,…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Problem Based Learning, Physics, Regression (Statistics)
