Preliminary testing found most General Physics students could not get beyond the plan-making stage of Polya problem solving¶

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q2 i? In a trial with 45 students, only about 23% reached the stage of implementing the plan, while 77% remained at the stage of making plans. → Turnip et al. 2016

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Turnip et al. 2016¶

Betty Turnip, Ida Wahyuni, Yul Ifda Tanjung. (2016). The Effect of Inquiry Training Learning Model Based on Just in Time Teaching for Problem Solving Skill. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.7, No.15. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1103095

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Preliminary descriptive test of problem-solving ability using Polya techniques administered to 45 Physics Department students in academic year 2013/2014; "obtained only about 23% to the stage of implementin g the plan and 77% more to the stage of making plans". No inferential test or effect size is reported.

"From the test results matt ers description of problem-solving ability using techni ques Polya against 45 students Force 2012 Departmen t of Physics, State University of Medan TA. 2013 / 2014 has gained the course of General Physics I and II ( 2013) obtained only about 23% to the stage of implementin g the plan and 77% more to the stage of making plans"

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