Bridging Critical Points: discontinuities in high school and university physics education

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written by Noah D. Finkelstein

The paper examines data collected from teaching an introductory college physics class offered at a public high school. Assessment of student achievement demonstrates that students are able to perform at a college level. Nonetheless this achievement is not recognized by the institutions supporting this experimental course. Analysis of detailed daily notes begins to answer why and how students are marginalized in this educational system. Particularly, three themes of structural, normative and epistemological discontinuity detail why these students or institutions fail.

Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 19-22

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Published: September 9, 2004

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Education Practices - School Improvement	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1807244
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DOI:: 10.1063/1.1807244
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ej
Keywords:: PERC 2003, educational courses, educational institutions, epistemological discontinuity, human factors
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: April 11, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2004
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Finkelstein, Noah. "Bridging Critical Points: discontinuities in high school and university physics education." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, August 6-7, 2003. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2271&DocID=2786 (accessed 25 April 2024).

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