Differentiation by interest ; a study of its efficacy in the high school physics classroom

2006·1.9 MB·English

by  McCarty, Amy Bebko

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Differentiation by Interest:
A Study of its Efficacy in the High School Physics Classroom
Amy Bebko McCarty
Sweet BriarCollege

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Table of Contents
TableofContents
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ListofTables iii
Chapter 1 An Interesting OverviewofPhysics Pedagogy 1
Chapter2 The Correlation Between Interestand Learning 5
Chapter3 The Differentiation Plan 13
Chapter4 The Results 18
Chapters Future Improvements 29
AppendixA Chi-Squared Teston ClassAverages 34
Appendix B Chi-Squared Teston Gender 35
Appendix C Chi-Squared Teston DIRECT Pre-Assessment ClassAverages 37
Appendix D Summary of Possible Class Combinations 38
Appendix E Electrical Interest Survey 39
Appendix F First Differentiated Activity 41
Appendix G Interest-Based ReviewQuestions 44
Appendix H Non-Interest Based ReviewQuestions 47
Appendix Student Interests Database 49
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AppendixJ Example Differentiated Worksheet 50
Appendix K Second Differentiated Activity 51
Appendix L Differentiated Group Problems 54

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Appendix M Control Group Lab 64
Appendix N T-TestofPost-Assessment DIRECTValues 67
Appendix O Chi-Squared TestonAverageAbsences perClass Period 68
Appendix P Mann-Whitney U Teston SelectClass DIRECT Scores 69
Bibliography 70