The Role of a Physics Teaching Model Based on Argument-Driven Engineering Design in Enhancing Self-Efficacy of Secondary School Female Students
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https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v50i4.4206Keywords:
Argument-driven engineering design, self-efficacy, STEMAbstract
Objectives: The study aims to reveal the role of a proposed model for teaching physics based on argument-driven engineering design in enhancing the self-efficacy of engineering design among secondary school female students.
Methods: To achieve the objectives of the study, the parallel design convergent approach was adopted. Quantitative data was collected using a pre-experimental design (One-group pretest-posttest design), consisting of (35) 12th-grade female students. Qualitative data was collected by using a case study applied to (9) students from the same group to explore their perceptions of the model's role in enhancing their effectiveness.
Results: The results showed the effect of the model in enhancing self-efficacy of engineering design in all its concepts with a statistically significant degree, as the mean scores for self-concepts (confidence – motivation – the expectation of success) increased, and the concept of (anxiety) decreased. In addition, the qualitative results showed a clear effect of the teaching model in enhancing students' self-efficacy in engineering design among female students.
Conclusions: The proposed teaching model provided female students with varied learning opportunities based on the argument-driven engineering design, which gave them experience in engineering practices that helped them know how engineers think to solve problems, boosted their confidence in their self-efficacy, and raised their motivation and expectation of success, and on the other hand, it reduced their level of anxiety in design practices.
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