Exploring Effective Physics Teaching Strategies in High Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The need for educational approaches that comply with the restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of critical issues for students of different age groups. The delicate transition between high school and university has become a key point to focus on, leading many institutio...
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| author | Roberto Luca Mazzola Paolo Gondoni Matteo Bozzi Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli Maurizio Zani |
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| description | The need for educational approaches that comply with the restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of critical issues for students of different age groups. The delicate transition between high school and university has become a key point to focus on, leading many institutions to replan projects dedicated to students involved in this transition. A Physics vocational training project for high school students was carried out in the school year 2020–2021, and it was replicated in the school year 2021–2022. The project included webinars, self-assembled laboratory group experiences, and peer evaluation. The starting point on which we designed our project is that learning is an experience; thus, we built the entire project by particularly focusing on two peculiarities. One peculiarity is the assessment methods: student presentations describing their own experiences were evaluated by teachers and their peers. The second peculiarity is the open approach with respect to how students handle experimental activities. We present a description of these projects along with the results of an evaluation survey filled out by the participants and a descriptive analysis of the assessment strategies. Students appreciated the design of the entire project and, better still, the peer evaluation process. Moreover, we discovered that the evaluation provided by the teachers is lower compared to the assessment reported by the students. This disparity holds potential significance from a statistical perspective and warrants further investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77b4c3f504314d7cb19f3c8102e951db2023-11-19T00:51:40ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022023-08-0113879910.3390/educsci13080799Exploring Effective Physics Teaching Strategies in High Schools during the COVID-19 PandemicRoberto Luca Mazzola0Paolo Gondoni1Matteo Bozzi2Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli3Maurizio Zani4Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyIstituto Superiore Ten.Vasc. A. Badoni, 23900 Lecco, ItalyDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua, 35122 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyThe need for educational approaches that comply with the restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of critical issues for students of different age groups. The delicate transition between high school and university has become a key point to focus on, leading many institutions to replan projects dedicated to students involved in this transition. A Physics vocational training project for high school students was carried out in the school year 2020–2021, and it was replicated in the school year 2021–2022. The project included webinars, self-assembled laboratory group experiences, and peer evaluation. The starting point on which we designed our project is that learning is an experience; thus, we built the entire project by particularly focusing on two peculiarities. One peculiarity is the assessment methods: student presentations describing their own experiences were evaluated by teachers and their peers. The second peculiarity is the open approach with respect to how students handle experimental activities. We present a description of these projects along with the results of an evaluation survey filled out by the participants and a descriptive analysis of the assessment strategies. Students appreciated the design of the entire project and, better still, the peer evaluation process. Moreover, we discovered that the evaluation provided by the teachers is lower compared to the assessment reported by the students. This disparity holds potential significance from a statistical perspective and warrants further investigation.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/8/799peer evaluationinquiry-based learningteaching strategiesexperimental workhigh school project |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Luca Mazzola Paolo Gondoni Matteo Bozzi Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli Maurizio Zani Exploring Effective Physics Teaching Strategies in High Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic Education Sciences peer evaluation inquiry-based learning teaching strategies experimental work high school project |
| title | Exploring Effective Physics Teaching Strategies in High Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Exploring Effective Physics Teaching Strategies in High Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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