DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS FOCUSED ON SEQUENTIAL CONCEPTS: CASE OF ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND VOLTAGE DROP

As an academic discipline, physics has a basic structure that can be expressed and represented by basic and sequential concepts. Therefore, understanding these concepts in an appropriate sequential order is important for effective physics education. Accordingly, the current study examines the basic concepts and sequential order of electromotive force and voltage drop in high-school level electricity. Using the analytical results and simple experiments, sequential teaching/learning materials focusing on electromotive force and voltage drop are developed and tested on sophomore students majoring in physics education. The effectiveness of the new teaching-learning materials was demonstrated as they provided procedural steps for experiments and data collection.