Development and Evaluation of a Teaching Method of Synthetic Resistance: Effects of the Introduction of Game-Like Activities

Abstract

This study examined whether the incorporation of game-like activities into the instruction of synthetic resistance improves lower secondary school students’ understanding of synthetic resistance. We also examined the individual factors affecting the learning of synthetic resistance.

As the result of classroom practice and a questionnaire survey of lower secondary school students, the experimental group, which incorporated game-like activities, gained a better understanding of synthetic resistance in complex circuit diagrams than the control group. Also, the analysis disclosed that both “interest value” and “control” have a positive effect on the students’ understanding of synthetic resistance. It seems effective to introduce game-like activities and instructions for enhancing “interest value” and “sense of control” in the learning of synthetic resistance in order to promote their understanding of it.