A Closer Look at Teachers' Assessment of Math Preparation

Autor/in	White, Susan
Titel	A Closer Look at Teachers' Assessment of Math Preparation
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 51 (2013) 5, S.297 (1 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.4801360
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Science; Physics; High Schools; Science Instruction; Mathematics Skills; Socioeconomic Status; Public Schools; Private Schools; Readiness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; High school; Oberschule; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule
Abstract	As we saw in the April issue, over 70% of high school physics teachers believe that their students' math background is at least adequate for the course. However, a very different picture emerges when we take a closer look. In the figure at right, we have separated private schools and public schools by socioeconomic status (SES). Although the majority of teachers at both public and private schools described their students as adequately prepared for physics in terms of their math backgrounds, teachers at private schools were significantly more likely to describe their students as very well prepared (23% versus 11%) and significantly less likely to describe their students as inadequately prepared (19% versus 32%). Furthermore, teachers at public schools where students were "worse off" economically were more likely to find their students inadequately prepared than teachers at other public schools. Have a great summer; we will see you in the fall with more data. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10