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Relative success in college chemistry for students who experienced a high‐school course in chemistry and those who had not
Author(s) -
Yager Robert E.,
Snider Bill,
Krajcik Joseph
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660250506
Subject(s) - mathematics education , eleventh , chemistry , session (web analytics) , psychology , academic achievement , chemistry education , advanced placement , science education , medical education , medicine , computer science , physics , social psychology , world wide web , acoustics , enthusiasm
A total of 53 high‐ability students who had completed the eleventh year in high school enrolled in a standard college chemistry course at the University of Iowa. Half of them had completed a high‐school course in chemistry and half had not. After 2 months of instruction during a summer session, there was no difference between groups as to attitude toward chemistry, performance on the ACS‐NSTA Chemistry Achievement Examination, final examination for the course, and course grade. There was a great difference in the amount of time required of tutors; the students who had not completed high‐school chemistry spent more time in studying and with tutors.