ERIC Number: EJ1391813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 15
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EISSN: EISSN-1302-6488
Long Distance Lab Affairs: Physics Achievement and Metacognition Effects of Distance Laboratories in a Senior High School in the Philippines
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, v24 n2 Article 3 p32-46 Apr 2023
Due to the necessity to continue learning even during the pandemic, schools opened utilizing distance learning modalities. However, there is a dearth of evidence on the effectivity of this modalities in physics. In this study, we investigated the effects of three physics distance learning modes; the module-only (MO), virtual lab plus module (VLM), and the physical lab plus module (PLM) classes in physics achievement and metacognition employing the pretest-posttest and repeated measures research designs. All learning modules used were in digital formats sent through free messaging platforms. Analysis of data includes paired samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, and independent samples t-test. Results revealed that all three distance learning modes have significantly higher post-test than pre-test scores. Further analysis showed, however, that only VLM had significantly higher gain scores than MO. Initially, at pre-MO and post-MO administrations, male students had significantly higher metacognition but this diminished after they perform both virtual and physical labs. It was in post-PLM where students have significantly better metacognition than pre-MO and post-MO. This study showed that not only do physical and virtual labs supplement distance modular learning, they are also complementary that both must be used in distance learning.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Distance Education, Science Laboratories, High School Students, Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Secondary School Science, Foreign Countries, Learning Modules, Gender Differences, Metacognition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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