Analysis of the curriculum and the professors' perceptions of the introductory physics laboratory in Korea

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In this study, we analyzed the introductory physics laboratory curricula of 14 universities in Korea and examined the professor's perceptions. The main results are as follows. First, professors perceive the goals of an introductory physics laboratory to be an understanding of the physics concept and the development of basic experiment skills and research ability. Second, the introductory physics laboratory curriculum consists of 7.2% basic education and 69.2% experiments. Third, professors play a role in establishing the lecture plan, explaining the theory of experiments and giving grades. Assistants play a role in the management of experimental equipment and the provision of guidance for the actual experiments. Fourth, professors' difficulties are the aging of experiment equipment, the students' lack of understanding of physics and interest in the experiment. Fifth, the lecture on the basic experiment and report writing needs to be extended to include student-led experiments. © 2019 The Korean Physical Society. All rights reserved.

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