Enrollments in U.S. high school physics courses

The Cognitive Goal Achievement of 3 Physics & Laboratory Courses in Secondary School

This paper presents a report on the level of achievement in the third grade of high school courses of physics and laboratory. This research is assessment-oriented and evaluative and in collecting of data follows the grounded theory method. Curricular goal achievement was assessed with evaluating mathematics and science students (N=369) from five districts in Tehran via academic achievement test...

The Impact of Progresa on School Enrollments

Population migration and children's school enrollments in China, 1990-2005.

This paper examines the impact of migration on children's school enrollment by analyzing the micro-data from Chinese population censuses in 1990 and 2000 and mini-census in 2005. We match school-age children (7-14 years old) with their parents, and examine how migration status and parents' absence affect children's school enrollment in urban China. We also compare rural-urban migrant children w...

Student Success in First - Year University Physics and Mathematics Courses : Does the high - school attended make a difference ?

Student Success in First-Year University Physics and Mathematics Courses: Does the high-school attended make a difference? Maria Adamuti-Trache a , George Bluman b & Thomas Tiedje c a Educational Leadership and Policy Studies , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , USA b Department of Mathematics , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada c Electrical...

An Analysis on High School Students’ Perceptions of Physics Courses in Terms of Gender (A Sample from Turkey)

This study was carried out to determine high school students’ perceptions of the courses of Physics and the factors influential on their perceptions with respect to gender. The research sample included 154 high school students (F:78; M:76). In the study, as the data collection tool, a structured interview form was used. The data collected in the study were analyzed with frequency analysis, Chi-...