Traditional teaching produced normalized gains of only 7–14% while the P&E method with new study materials reached 45%¶
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q2 i? Average normalized gain stayed between 7% and 14% for the traditional method across the years shown, whereas the interactive P&E method with new study materials achieved 45%. → Krišťák 2014
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Krišťák 2014¶
Krišťák, Ľ., Němec, M., Danihelová, Z. (2014). Interactive Methods of Teaching Physics at Technical Universities. Informatics in Education, 13(1), 51–71. https://doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2014.03
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Numerical comparison of average normalized gain gN (Hake, 1998) across 2007–2012 for control and experimental groups, shown in Fig. 3 and computed as (%posttest – %pretest)/(100% – %pretest); the quoted sentence states the printed gain values.
"Fig. 3 implies that while in the case of traditional method the average normalised gain was in all three years approximately the same (between 7% and 14%) in the case of the interactive method P&E using new study materials the achieved gain was 45%."
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Related Claims¶
- Hake's survey found interactive-engagement courses achieved average normalized gains about two standard deviations greater than traditional courses, with overall gain–pretest correlation of +0.02 — a broader claim this one bears on
- In Harvard's introductory physics course, average FCI posttest scores and normalized gain rose sharply in the year it switched from traditional lectures to Peer Instruction — related
- Introductory physics students taught with Just-in-Time Teaching showed larger overall Force Concept Inventory gains (37.6%±2.0%) than students in traditional lecture courses (17.9%±2.5%) — related
- CLASP students achieved an average normalized FCI gain of 0.39, above the traditional-course range and in the middle of the interactive-engagement range, despite only about a third of one quarter on mechanics — related
- Active Learning Improves Exam Performance — related
- The benefit of interactive methods appeared independently of students' incoming knowledge, including weak and strong pretest performers
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