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In his 4/21/01 Phys-L post "Re: AP Students," Jack Uretsky writes:
"I am still awaiting data supporting the view that a high mark on the
fci is a predictor of some worthwhile trait after graduation."
... I am still awaiting data supporting the view that there is
any data whatsoever that can serve as a predictor of some worthwhile
trait after graduation.
Whether or not the FCI score is a predictor of some worthwhile trait
after graduation is, IMHO, totally irrelevant. The point is that if
graduates of high-school AP physics classes achieve relatively low
average normalized gains <g> on the FCI (1), then one may fairly
conclude that such classes do little to enhance students'
understanding of the basic concepts of Newtonian mechanics.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
"if graduates of high-school AP physics classes achieve
relatively low average normalized gains <g> on the FCI (1),
then one may fairly conclude that such classes do little to
enhance students' understanding of the basic concepts of
Newtonian mechanics."
I am still awaiting data supporting the view that there is
any data whatsoever that can serve as a predictor of some worthwhile
trait after graduation.
"I am still awaiting data supporting the view that a high mark on the
fci is a predictor of some worthwhile trait after graduation."