What do teachers need to teach free-body diagrams effectively? A need analysis in development country

Abstract

As a developing country, Indonesia was still unable to provide adequate technology in the classroom evenly across all regions. This study investigates the needs of physics learning media, especially in determining force and drawing free-body diagrams. This research was used a descriptive quantitative method. A total of 67 teachers and 20 students participated in this study using the convenience sampling technique. The results showed that the teachers 'and students' awareness of the difficulty in understanding force diagram material was quite high. Teachers and students consider magnetism a medium that can be used to describe force diagrams effectively and efficiently. The implication for teachers from the results of this research needs analysis is that teachers need to design learning media using magnets. For other researchers, it was tested on students 'skills in drawing style diagrams and students' mastery of concepts.