Correlating student interest and high school preparation with learning and performance in an introductory university physics course

We have studied the correlation of student performance in a large first year university physics course with their reasons for taking the course and whether or not the student took a senior-level high school physics course. Performance was measured both by the Force Concept Inventory and by the grade...

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Main Authors: Jason J. B. Harlow, David M. Harrison, Andrew Meyertholen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-04-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.010112