Using A Force Concept Inventory Test With Visually Impaired And Blind Students
Abstract
This paper reports on a study to determine whether blind students’ conceptualizations of force and motion differ
from sighted students. This is particularly concerned with the question of whether the students’ visual
experiences have any relation to their conceptualizations or misconceptualization about force and motion. The
research was designed as a case study and the data was collected from 6 blind high school students based on
conceptual physics problems related to force and motion. The analysis of the data revealed that although the
blind students’ conceptions about force and motion are not radically different from those of sighted students,
however, there were several conceptual problems that seem to be particular to the blind students because of their
lack of visual experiences. The results revealed that visual experiences do not seem to have a significant role on
the conceptualizations about force and motion.
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Gall, M. D., Gall, J. P., & Borg, W. R. (2007). Educational Research: An Introduction (8th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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Stefanich, G. P., & Norman, K. I. (1996). Teaching Science To Students With Disabilities: Experiences And Perceptions Of Classroom Teachers And Science Educators. In A Special Publication of the Association For The Education Of Teachers In Science (p. 56). Retrieved from http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_Eu/conf/csun_98/csun98_002.html.
Temizkan, D. (2003). The Effects Of Gender On Different Categories Of Students' Misconceptions About Force and Motion, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Windelborn, A. F. (1999). Doing Physics Blind. The Physics Teacher, 37, 366-367.
Zembylas, M., & Isenbarger, L. (2002). Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities: Subverting the Myths of Labeling Through Teachers' Caring and Enthusiasm. Research in Science Education, 32, 55-79.
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2017-02-24
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BULBUL, Mustafa Şahin; GARIP, Belkıs; OZDEMIR, Ömer Faruk.
Using A Force Concept Inventory Test With Visually Impaired And Blind Students.
European Journal of Physics Education, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 3, p. 20-31, feb. 2017.
ISSN 1309-7202.
Available at: <https://eu-journal.org/index.php/EJPE/article/view/10>. Date accessed: 26 apr. 2024.
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