Recent research has shown that students` interest in learning physics is not a simple one. In this study the dimensions of students` interest in learning physics have been identified. These are the topic being taught, the activity in which the student...
Recent research has shown that students` interest in learning physics is not a simple one. In this study the dimensions of students` interest in learning physics have been identified. These are the topic being taught, the activity in which the students are involved, and the motive of the students for learning physics. A Likert-style pilot questionnaire was constructed for identifying these dimensions and given to 13 year-old 162 students. A factor analysis of the results indicates that there are meaningful sub-dimensions in interest. In other words, while there were no specific sub-dimensions in topic dimension, motive dimension could be divided into intrinsic motive and extrinsic motive, and activity dimension could also be divided into receptive, experiential, high cognitive, and interactive activity.