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Secondary Implementation of Interactive Engagement Teaching Techniques: Choices and Challenges in a Gulf Arab Context
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Hitt, G. W.; Isakovic, A. F.; Fawwaz, O.; Bawa'aneh, M. S.; El-Kork, N.; Makkiyil, S.; Qattan, I. A. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
We report on efforts to design the "Collaborative Workshop Physics" (CWP) instructional strategy to deliver the first interactive engagement (IE) physics course at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KU), United Arab Emirates (UAE). To our knowledge, this work reports the first calculus-based, introductory mechanics…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Grades (Scholastic), Language Proficiency
Depth versus Breadth: How Content Coverage in High School Science Courses Relates to Later Success in College Science Coursework
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Schwartz, Marc S.; Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Tai, Robert H. – Science Education, 2009
This study relates the performance of college students in introductory science courses to the amount of content covered in their high school science courses. The sample includes 8310 students in introductory biology, chemistry, or physics courses in 55 randomly chosen U.S. colleges and universities. Students who reported covering at least 1 major…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Science, Correlation, Science Achievement