The actual problem and demonstration will be done during the presentations at the meeting.
Has this class been successful at Ueda High School?
The HypothesisExperiment Method class was evaluated according to specific criteria of success and failure established at the outset.
The following results were obtained from an evaluation questionnaire.
Was the class enjoyable?
5. Very enjoyable 23 students
4. Enjoyable 14 students
3. Can't say either way 1 student
2. Boring 0 students
1. Very boring 0 student
(One student was absent when the questionnaire was given.)
Because 37 out of the 38 students answered that the class was either very enjoyable or enjoyable and because no student answered that the class was very boring, Objective 2 (most students embrace the method) was met.
Was the class understandable?
5. Yes, very 4 students
4. Yes 29 students
3. Can't say either way 5 students
2. No 0 students
1. No, not at all 0 students
Objective 1 In their self evaluations, 33 out of the 38 students stated that the class was very understandable. This result will be used as a substitute and assumed equal to the goal that the average test score of the class be 90 points.
Class Evaluation by Students' Impressions
Maya Takabe I've never experienced such a fun class. I got really excited when I was
thinking about the experiments before actually doing them. It was a great feeling making my own predictions about an experiment and then seeing them proved true even when they seemed unusual, or strange. Sometimes though, I got discouraged thinking that even after doing so many experiments, I still wasn't getting better at making correct predictions. All in all it was really fun.
Kengo Tsuchiya I thought it was really interesting that in the experiment where 22 coins
were stacked on each other,the results were different depending on the type of adhesive used.
Mitsuko Matsumura I was really surprised at how powerfully the Superball bounced in the
experiment. I think it is really interesting that in Physics, you make predictions and sometimes it turns out that your logic is overturned. Then you have to think "What was wrong with my theory?" and "How can I understand the true theory?" Through this you gain a real understanding.
Saaya Tamura A really large amount of power is transferred at the moment of impact
between two objects. In the 10 yen coin experiment, I thought I knew what would happen,but I was pretty surprised when I actually did the experiment and got an unexpected result. It was really interesting.
Hidenori Tsunoda You can understand a lot more in this kind of class where you reach for a
goal and do experiments than you could in class where you learn passively, so it's much better. Also, when you are making your own predictions, you use your general knowledge and think it's going to turn out this way or that, but when you actually do the experiment you're always surprised that the result was totally different from what you expected. I'd really like to get a more general understanding of how the things we study in these experiments occur in our everyday lives.
Shoko Ozaki I used to be confused, but now we make predictions and actually do the
experiments in class so I've come to understand. It was interesting listening to other people's opinions too. By making predictions and then tackling problems one by one, I've been able to gain confidence in my understanding.
Miki Yamagata We thought about the coin experiment individually and as a group too, so
it was sort of what it's like in society. An individual rethinks a problem and then the group adopts the idea. If this wasn't the case, then the energy wouldn't be transmitted smoothly. I'd like to integrate this way of thinking in everyday life. Also, I think we should look at things from many points of view. I think there are probably still a lot of interesting and mysterious things in the world.
Considering the students' evaluations, one could easily say this class has been successful. The level of excitement in the classroom was quite extraordinary.
(translated by David Nevins:Coordinator for International Relations)
