The Influence Of Mental Rotation Ability And Field Cognitive Style On The Level Of Solving Electromagnetic Field Models In High School Students

As two important individual variables in spatial ability and cognition modes,mental rotation ability and field cognition mode have been studied by many researchers in terms of their influence on academic performance and the choice of major,and their relationship to individual differences.The purpose of this experiment was to combine mental rotation ability with field cognition mode and electromagnetic field(EMF)model problem-solving levels to investigate the differences in problem-solving levels of high school students with different mental rotation abilities and different cognition modes.It is hoped that this research will reveal the cognitive level factors of high school students’ difficulties in learning electromagnetic fields and provide some basis for improving the teaching effectiveness of electromagnetic field chapters and optimizing teachers’ teaching strategies and school curricula.The research used the four-factor mixed experimental design of 2 Mental Rotation ability(strong,weak),3 field cognition modes(field independent,field intermediate,field dependent),2 genders(male,female)and 3 class type(non-physics,physics general,physics improvement).The scales from the Mental Rotation Test(MRT)and the Embedded Figure Test(EFT)were used to measure the mental rotation ability and field cognition mode,the scores of the self-made EMF Model Problem Solving Level Test Paper was regarded as the indexes of EMF model problem solving levels.The subjects were sophomore students in a high school in Shanghai.This research analyses and discusses the effects of high school students’ mental rotation ability and field cognition mode on their EMF model problem-solving levels,and draws the following main conclusions.(1)There were no significant differences in high school students’ field cognition modes by gender,subject selection type,and class type.There were significant differences in the mental rotation ability by gender and type of subject chosen,with male students being significantly higher than female students and physics class students being significantly higher than non-physics class students.There were significant differences in the mental rotation ability of students with different field cognition modes,and the more independent the field cognition mode was,the stronger the mental rotation ability of high school students.(2)In the analysis of the factors influencing the EMF model-solving level of high school students,the main effects of mental rotation ability and field cognition mode were significant,and there was a positive correlation between them,with the stronger mental rotation ability and the more independent the field cognition mode,the higher the EMF model-solving level of high school students.(3)In solving three-dimensional spatial geometry and three-dimensional spatial rotation problems,field-independent students and students with strong mental rotation ability showed significant advantages;this was not observed in solving twodimensional spatial and three-dimensional spatial distribution problems and interaction problems.