A Study of the Effectiveness of Mathematical Versus Physical Solutions in Problem Solving in College Physics

Authors

C. J. Lapp, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

An experiment has been conducted in an attempt to determine if there is a significant difference between the achievements of two matched groups of students each having differential treatment with respect to problem solving as measured by a standard final examination. The Physical Solution method gave unquestionably statistically significant results for the upper one-third of the groups. There was no significant difference in the low group which fact tended to hide a small but significant difference from the whole group.

Publication Date

1940

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

47

Issue

1

First Page

285

Last Page

285

Copyright

©1940 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Lapp, C. J. (1940) "A Study of the Effectiveness of Mathematical Versus Physical Solutions in Problem Solving in College Physics," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 47(1), 285-285.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol47/iss1/73