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ERIC Number: EJ297258
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Identifying Potential "Dropouts" from College Physics Classes.
Wollman, Warren; Lawrenz, Frances
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v21 n4 p385-90 Apr 1984
Investigated whether dropouts and other students having difficulty with physics could be identified by including mathematics reasoning items along with mathematics skill items on a 13-item mathematics pretest and by using records of past performance in conjunction with the pretest. Sample included 483 students in an introductory, noncalculus, preprofessional physics course. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Higher Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Performance Factors, Physics, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research