Effect of Robot-Kinematic Activity on CLASS And TUG-K Scores of Non-Science Majors

TL;DR

This study examined how a real-time graphing activity influences non-science majors' understanding of kinematic graphs and its relation to their attitudes, finding attitude correlates with interpretation but activity had limited effect.

Contribution

It investigates the impact of a real-time graphing activity on graph interpretation and its relation to student attitude among non-science majors.

Findings

Graphing activity did not significantly influence interpretation.

Attitude was connected to graphical interpretation.

Short duration of activity may explain limited effects.

Abstract

There were two objectives. The first was to determine if a real time graphing activity will influence the interpretation of the subject of kinematic graphs, as measured by the TUGK. The second was to determine if attitude, as measured by CLASS, has a connection with graphical interpretation. The graphing activity did not affect graphical interpretation; this might be due to the short time spent on the treatment. However, there was a connection between attitude and graphical interpretation. The subjects of this study were non science majors attending a medium sized state owned university.