CLASP students' MCAT Physical Science scores were slightly higher than Physics 5 students', but the difference was not statistically significant; Biological Science scores were identical on average¶

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q2 i? Comparing about five years of MCAT data around the switch from Physics 5 to CLASP (N = 386 Physics 5, N = 347 CLASP), Biological Science averages were 9.71 ± 0.10 for both groups, and the Physical Science gap of 0.16 ± 0.15 was not statistically significant (t-test p = 0.29). → Potter 2012

Evidence¶

Potter 2012¶

Potter, W., Webb, D., West, E., Paul, C., Bowen, M., Weiss, B., Coleman, L., & De Leone, C. (2012). Sixteen years of Collaborative Learning through Active Sense-making in Physics (CLASP) at UC Davis. https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6970 doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.6970

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Observational comparison of MCAT scores for students who took Physics 5 (N = 386) versus CLASP (N = 347), using about five years of data centered on the transition between the series. The Physical Science difference was not significant; equivalence was not tested. No effect size is printed.

"This gap of 0.16 ± 0.15 suggests that the CLASP students were slightly better prepared for the MCAT but that the result is not statistically significant (for instance, a t-test has p = 0.29)."

Discussion¶

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