Use of a System Thinking Learning Force and Motion Concept in Physics for Nurse Course

AbstractThis work was focused on students’ conceptual on Physics principles by conducting an integration of qualitative and quantitative study. The teaching intervention compose of three parts: training students on system thinking, use of a system thinking to teach on force and motion concept, and students’ practice on FMCE. The participants were the first year nursing students enrolled in Physics for Nurse Course. Student nurses’ often experience difficulty in understanding and conceptualizing abstract principles same as science students. Thus numerous studies have found that students struggled to grasp the underlying principles of force and motion. Owing to system thinking is an approach applied to understand how human think differently. This study, therefore, investigated the effectiveness of combine system thinking approach with teaching intervention on student understanding abstract concept of force and motion. This work was focused on how students conceptualized abstract principles by conducting a qualitative study. The teaching intervention compose of three parts: training students on system thinking, use of a system thinking to teach on force and motion concept, and students’ practice on FMCE. Results indicated that very few student groups describe in Newtonian way and there were some alternative concepts. However, about a half of student groups could identify cause and effect for purpose events. Hence, system thinking approach can be useful as formative assessment for learning Newtonian concept