Scientific concepts related to physics from the perspective of students of biology

Abstract

Abstract In many studies, special attention is paid to examining how students acquire scientific concepts and use scientific terminology. Proper understanding of scientific concept is in direct correlation with the quality of students‘ knowledge. The knowledge composed of irregularly adopted concept leads to misconceptions. The aim of the research was to examine how students of biology understand certain scientific concepts in physics that are relevant to their profession. Also, it is examined their intrinsic motivation for physics using a standardized questionnaire. This research was conducted in February 2016. The research results pointed that students do not understand some basic concepts related to physics, but students’ motivation for learning physics is on a medium level.