Instructional Model of POSN E-camp for Gifted Students in Physics During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Abstract

In the past, the Physics Olympic Training Camp 2 was organized traditionally – in class and laboratory, in which the students and trainers can directly face-to-face communicate. Until 2019, there was a global COVID-19 pandemic, the Physics Olympic Training Camp 2 cannot be taken place as usual. To prevent COVID-19 infection, the traditional training has been changed to distance training. To maintain the nature of the Physics Olympic Training Camp 2 which is an intensive course, the organizer, therefore, developed the POSN E-camp model for remote training, to study students’ satisfaction and learning achievement. This model consists of 5 steps that are plan, set teaching and learning activities according to the Olympic curriculum, simulation of the activities, train as nature of physics, and evaluation. The research tools are a test of learning achievement and a questionnaire on the satisfaction of students. From the study, overall results show that 52.9% of all respondents were satisfied with the training camp with the POSN E-camp model at a high level, and obtained a higher average score compared to the previous year.