CPS-taught high school physics classes scored higher on problem solving measures than traditionally taught classes, significantly at school C¶

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q2 i? Problem solving test scores favored CPS classes at all three schools, with a significant 16% difference at school C favoring CPS. → Docktor 2015

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Docktor 2015¶

Docktor, J. L., Strand, N. E., Mestre, J. P., & Ross, B. H. (2015). Conceptual problem solving in high school physics. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 11, 020106. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020106

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Quasi-experimental comparison of CPS and traditional (EPS) classes at three high schools; school C CPS class (N=12) scored 0.55 vs 0.39 for control (N=18), a "16%" difference, t(28)=3.17, p<0.005. Differences of 10% and 15% at schools A and B were not significant.

"The problem solving test scores were significantly different at school C, differing by 16% [tð28Þ¼ 3.17, p< 0.005], with the CPS class having stronger skills at both selecting and applying an appropriate principle."

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