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Started by David Popp 814 255-8792
Wed, 23 Mar 1994 13:44
Re: A.P.Physics
Author: David Popp 814 255-8792
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 13:44
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 13:44
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I believe I mentioned some of this in a previous posting. Please forgive any redundancy. I studied a sample of students taking the introductory calculus based mechanics course at Penn State. Approximately 73% of the students who had listed themselves as having an AP course in high school earned As or Bs in the course. Of the students who did not take an AP course, over 70% of the sample earned Cs or less. When the two groups were compared on SAT math, Penn State math pretests, and high school grade point averages, there were no significant differences. I am assuming that students who listed AP physics in high school actually had two years of study. In the group's experinece, is that a safe assumption? I would appreciate a personal reply form all subscribers. I will tally the results and post to physhare. Personally, I expect the second year is the important variable rather than AP. Dave Popp
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