The relationship between mathematics preparation and conceptual learning gains in physics: A possible “hidden variable” in diagnostic pretest scores

By D. Meltzer. 2002

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Subfields: Education

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Citations in the corpus

• Transfer of algebraic and graphical thinking between mathematics and chemistry (2008, background): “Other research that pertains directly to our research question includes, among others, that of Meltzer (2002), who agrees with this claim about the importance of mathematics preparedness.”
• Efektivitas Modul dengan Model Inkuiri untuk Menumbuhkan Keterampilan Proses Sains Siswa pada Materi Kalor (2017, background): “Besarnya peningkatan dihitung dengan rumus N-Gain ternormalisasi yaitu: (1) Hasil perhitungan N-Gain kemudian diinterpretasikan dengan menggunakan klasifikasi seperti pada Tabel 2 (Meltzer, 2002).”
• Synthesis of Discipline-Based Education Research in Physics. (2014, background): “Meltzer [385] reported significant correlations between normalized gain on a Conceptual Survey of Electricity (CSE) with pretest scores on an algebra or trigonometry math skills test for three out of four groups (r 1⁄4 0.”