Active methods in electricity and magnetism courses: Influence of degree, academic level and gender on student performance.

Autor:	Serrano MA; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Vidaurre A; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Meseguer-Dueñas JM; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Tort-Ausina I; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Quiles S; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Sabater I Serra R; Electrical Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., García-Sanchez T; Electrical Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Bernal-Pérez S; Electrical Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Gámiz-González MA; Departamento de Educación, Universidad Internacional de Valencia, C/ Pintor Sorolla, 21, 46002, Valencia, Spain., Molina-Mateo J; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Gómez-Tejedor JA; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain., Riera J; Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46021, Spain.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Heliyon [Heliyon] 2023 Sep 28; Vol. 9 (10), pp. e20490. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 28 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20490
Abstrakt:	The performance of first-year students in electromagnetism (E&M) courses of different engineering degrees at a Spanish public university was measured using the Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA), a standard research-based instrument to assess students' understanding after attending introductory courses in electricity and magnetism. In all cases, Flipped classroom (FC) built on information and communications technology was used. The objective of this paper is to analyse if the gain in the BEMA pre and post-test results is influenced by several factors such as the degree, the students' academic grade, and gender. Moreover, as some studies have shown that the students' retention of the concepts was significantly stronger in active learning than in traditional approaches, a third BEMA test was performed by the students to analyse the long-term retention gain dependence on the same factors. Students from different engineering degree programs were asked to complete two BEMA tests during the course and a third one after a few months. ANOVA tests were used to analyse the existence of significant differences in gain between student degree programs, student academic level and student gender. Results have shown no differences in the BEMA performance by degree program, but significant differences were found by academic level and gender. Retention did not depend on the degree course but on the academic level. Mean gain value by academic level, and gender was obtained and concluded that the best students presented the best gain results and that gain depends on the students' gender: males outperformed females in the BEMA tests, although there were no significant differences in the course grades. It is thus necessary to understand these differences and to implement measures in daily teaching work to improve women's performance. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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