Online Teaching and Its Implication on the Students' Performance in Physics: Basis for Effective Teaching Strategy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Physics, as a subject, is always dealing with concepts which are very abstract thus, teaching it in a traditional way or lecture-oriented has found to be less motivating for the students to learn. In this study, the researcher identified the students' different views on learning Physics and discerned the implication of Online Teaching to the students' academic performances and as an effective teaching strategy.

METHODS

Triangular Approach was utilized in this study wherein collecting ideas through interviews with the science teachers on their experiences, teaching Physics were gathered, observations on the students’ performance in Physics classes were also considered and the Researcher made questionnaire used to identify respondent's views in which, mean and grand mean were used to interpret data. Similarly, the exploratory method was applied to determine the effect of Online Teaching among the students in learning Physics which was measured and interpreted using one-way ANOVA to reveal the MPS result of students' performance in Physics.

RESULTS

Most of the students have negative views on the subject due to the lessons that are very abstract, and the solution of word problems must be based on different concepts and theories. They strongly agreed that concepts related to Physics are difficult to express thus making them unable to evaluate and frequently relate to their daily lives. Likewise, understanding the lesson which is very abstract cannot be visualized was also strongly agreed as another difficulty. Relatively the presence of the internet was strongly agreed to be the primary motivation that will give students their interest in the subject. Online teaching due to internet access enhanced students' academic performance.

DISCUSSIONS

The trend nowadays is to be engaged with the technology. Internet is one among the wonders of technology, undoubtedly is of greater help to all educators, particularly Physics teachers who are dealing with abstract concepts. The school shall provide both teachers and students with the most support in integrating technology like internet connection. Learning Physics could be made easy through On-Line Teaching because the internet provides visual information that enables the student to gain fundamental concepts in Physics and scientific procedures.