High School Physics, Two-Year Colleges, and Physics Majors

Autor/in	White, Susan C.
Titel	High School Physics, Two-Year Colleges, and Physics Majors
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 51 (2013) 6, S.350 (1 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.4818372
Schlagwörter	National Surveys; Student Surveys; Physics; College Seniors; Two Year Colleges; High Schools; Secondary School Science; Advanced Placement Programs; Majors (Students); Access to Education; Student Experience; Student Interests; Science Interests; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbefragung; Physik; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; High school; Oberschule; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Studienerfahrung; Studieninteresse
Abstract	We have just completed the data collection for our 2012-13 Nationwide Survey of High School Physics and expect to have results to report in the spring. In the interim, we will take a look at physics in two-year colleges (TYCs). In 2007, we surveyed undergraduate seniors in degree-granting physics departments, and we asked these students if they had begun the post-secondary career at a TYC. Nine percent of the physics undergraduate seniors in 2007 had started their college education at a TYC, and these students differ significantly from those who did not start at a TYC. The two graphs at right depict the high school physics experience for these two groups of students. More than one-fourth of those who started at a TYC did not take physics in high school, and only 18% took AP physics. The 6% of those who did not start at a TYC and did not take physics is consistent with the 5% of high school seniors who attend a school where physics is not offered. Their apparent difference of interest in physics in high school is also evident from their knowledge about AP physics offerings: 25% of those who started at a TYC did not know if AP physics was offered at their high school versus only 5% of those who did not start at a TYC. Since their high school physics experiences were so different, it is likely that something happened in their physics courses at the TYC that captured these students' interest in physics. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10