ADAPTING FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY TEST INTO DRAMA APPLICATIONS

Abstract

In general, students complain about abstractness of physical concepts and attribute their failure on it. It is most common problem that we also face with in college classrooms. Even though their concrete and direct experiences in their daily life, e.g. motion, they are not aware of how physical laws operates in their lives. At this point, role-play activities become more evident strategy to teach such subjects because of their ease of dramatization. Seven students enrolled in physics education program voluntarily participated in the study. For this study we selected Force Concept Inventory, which is illustrated with clear representations of everyday situations. Questions in the inventory were used as a guide to develop role play activities. We believe that these activities will encourage physics teachers to use them in their instructions and also develop new ones. Students will get benefit from visualization of the physical situations to discuss in classroom environment, which may lead to better understanding.