A large share of passing students fail the Physics I. exam, which students treat as the hardest, usually leaving a week gap before attempting it¶

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q2 i? The majority of passing students fail to pass Physics I., and students across groups typically leave a week gap before the Physics I. attempt, suggesting higher preparation requirements. → Jakub Kuzilek 2023

Evidence¶

Jakub Kuzilek 2023¶

Jakub Kuzilek, Zdenek Zdrahal, Jonas Vaclavek, Viktor Fuglik, Jan Skocilas, Annika Wolff. (2023). First-Year Engineering Students' Strategies for Taking Exams. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-022-00303-4

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Analysis of the passing group's extracted Markov chain (Fig. 3) and full chain in Appendix 1; the summary of findings adds that "There is usually a week gap before taking Physics I. attempt" across performance groups.

"The majority of students in this group fail to pass the Physics I. exam, suggesting that this exam is the most problematic from the student's point of view."

Discussion¶

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