Journal of Engineering Education Research (공학교육연구)

Korean Society for Engineering Education (한국공학교육학회)
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Mathematical Preparedness Predicts College Grades in Physics Better than Physics Preparedness: the Predictive Validity of the Mathematical Diagnostic Test on the Freshmen's Physics Grades

물리보다 수학을 잘 해야 물리를 잘 한다: 입학 전 수학진단점수의 일반물리학 성취도 예측타당성 검증

  • Shin, Yunkyoung (Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Park, Kyuyeol (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Lee, Ah-reum (Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Jung, Jongwon (Graduate School of Education, University of Ulsan)
  • 신윤경 (울산대학교 교수학습개발원) ;
  • 박규열 (울산대학교 기계자동차공학과) ;
  • 이아름 (울산대학교 교수학습개발원) ;
  • 정종원 (울산대학교 교육대학원)
  • Received : 2019.05.08
  • Accepted : 2019.06.15
  • Published : 2019.07.31
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Abstract

This study aims to elucidate the relationship between physics and mathematics to predict achievement for the college level of engineering courses. For the last 4 years, more than 3,000 engineering college freshmen of this study took the diagnostic tests on three subjects, which were physics, mathematics, and chemistry before enrollment. We studied how strongly these diagnostic scores can predict each general college course grades. The correlation between the physics diagnostic scores and the course grades in physics was .264, which was significantly lower than the correlation between the mathematics scores and the physics grades, .311. This stronger prediction of the mathematical diagnostic scores for the general course grades was not found when predicting the grades in chemistry. We therefore conclude that mathematical preparation can unexpectedly predict future achievement in physics better than physics preparation due to the academic interrelationships between mathematics and physics.

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