Reasons of student difficulties with right-hand rules in electromagnetism

dc.authorscopusid 57201735770
dc.authorscopusid 56578472900
dc.contributor.author Özdemir,E.
dc.contributor.author Coramik,M.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-15T20:23:15Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-15T20:23:15Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp Özdemir E., Vocational School of Health Services, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey; Coramik M., Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey en_US
dc.description.abstract In electromagnetism, to determine the direction of the electromagnetic force and magnetic field, the right-hand rule (RHR) is used. Previous researches show that students have difficulty in applying the RHR. This research is aimed to find out the factors which make it difficult for the students to apply the RHR. To achieve this, qualitative case study design is used and 270 students who took Basic Physics II course at university participated. The Right-Hand Rule-Diagnostic Test (RHR-DT) and the unstructured interview were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data, firstly, the right-hand types used by the students were determined. Then the right-hand types used by the students in the solution of each task are presented. After that, eight of these students were interviewed about their RHR-DT answers and those interviews were video recorded. Video recordings are divided into three categories according to the level of students: upper, middle and lower. According to the results of this research, it can be said that the conceptual understanding of electromagnetism, the vector algebra and spatial cognition effect the usage of the RHR. In the light of research results, suggestions were made for the teaching of RHR to physics teachers. © 2018, Scientia Socialis Ltd. All rights reserved. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 7
dc.identifier.endpage 330 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1648-3898
dc.identifier.issue 2 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85045971778
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q2
dc.identifier.startpage 320 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/6831
dc.identifier.volume 17 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q4
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Scientia Socialis Ltd en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Baltic Science Education en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 8
dc.subject Conceptual understanding en_US
dc.subject Magnetism education en_US
dc.subject Righthand rule en_US
dc.subject Spatial cognition en_US
dc.subject Vector algebra en_US
dc.title Reasons of student difficulties with right-hand rules in electromagnetism en_US
dc.type Article en_US

Files