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Correlation Analysis of High School Students’ Coursework and Reasoning Mark Schober 1 Hugh Ross 2, Kathleen Koenig 3, Lei Bao 4 John Burroughs School (1)

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1 Correlation Analysis of High School Students’ Coursework and Reasoning Mark Schober 1 Hugh Ross 2, Kathleen Koenig 3, Lei Bao 4 John Burroughs School (1) Guerin Catholic High School (2) Wright State University (3) The Ohio State University (4)

2 Why Study Scientific Reasoning? 2 Scientific Reasoning - Tools that transform observations and ideas into knowledge Natural phenomena as seen by novice learners of science Natural phenomena as seen by skilled science practioners

3 Assessments used in Study Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning Force Concept Inventory

4 John Burroughs School –Private school, select admission –Algebra-trig based regular physics (39 juniors) Guerin Catholic High School –Private school, open enrollment –Honors physics students (42 seniors) Two High Schools in Study 4

5 Lawson (pre instruction)-FCI (post instruction) Correlations BurroughsGuerin Total Lawson Score.58.66 Conservation.28.37 Proportion.50.46 Control Variable.60.77 Probability.01.41 Correlation.04.59 Hypothesis Testing.41.61

6 Additional Correlations for Guerin HS 6

7 Lawson Correlation to Prior Math & Science Courses Correlations between prior math and science courses taken and Lawson for grades 9-12 [n = 265 students at Guerin High School] MathScience Total Lawson Score.96.79 Conservation.76.72 Proportion.98.90 Control Variable.79.68 Probability.98.60 Correlation.72.82 Hypothesis Testing.65.37

8 Summary and Future Work Physics success isn’t just about teaching content -- success is linked to student scientific reasoning skills. Scientific reasoning ability linked to prior math and science instruction Lawson as a pre-test identifies students needing scientific reasoning skill development. Identify instructional techniques that strengthen SR skills and weaken Lawson-FCI correlation. Measure with Lawson as a pre and post-test. Kathy Koenig: kathy.koenig@wright.edukathy.koenig@wright.edu

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