Study on the causal attribution of physics students

Authors

Marvin U. Herrera ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Juvie J. Visleño ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Nesse Grace T. Uriarte ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Maricon R. Amada ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Malou D. Catedral ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Rosemarie D. Eusebio ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Law B. Modina ⋅ PH Institute of Statistics, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Abstract

A survey questionnaire was designed in order to measure students' degree of Internal Stable Attribution, Internal Unstable Attribution, External Stable Attribution and External Unstable Attribution for their performance in physics classes. Reliabilities were obtained for these four categories with values of 0.93 Cronbach alpha for Internal Stable Scale, 0.91 for Internal Unstable Scale, 0.81 for External Stable Scale, and 0.91 for External Unstable Scale. Internal Unstable Attribution (effort) showed the most positive results. It is the only attribution factor that showed positive correlation with grades (significant at p<0.05) and it also have negative correlation (significant at p<0.05) with the other categories of attribution. These results led to the conclusion that it is very important for students to relate their output to Internal Unstable factors such as the amount of effort they exert.

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Issue

2002: Proceedings of the 20th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2002-3H-03

Section

Physics Education

Published

2002-10-23

How to Cite

[1]

MU Herrera, JJ Visleño, NGT Uriarte, MR Amada, MD Catedral, RD Eusebio, and LB Modina, Study on the causal attribution of physics students, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 20, SPP-2002-3H-03 (2002). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2002-3H-03.