Affiliations: Flinders University and Indonesia University of Education (UPI)

Co-presenters: Carol R. Aldous & Penny Van Deur

Poster title: A Quantitative Study of Students' Physics Conceptual Understanding: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

Abstract: Many studies have shown the relationship between various factors that affect students' conceptual understanding. Mostly, these analyses have relied on single variate or bivariate analyses This study replicates and extends this prior research by combining multiple variables and implementing multivariate procedures. Statistical analyses such as the Rasch model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) are used for instrument validation. Further, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is employed to test a complex model of relationships between constructs. The findings provide empirical evidence regarding multiple factors that predict students' understanding of physics concepts at the tertiary level.