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Direct linkSa'ar Karp Gershon; Ella Anghel; Giora Alexandron – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
For Massive Open Online Courses to have trustworthy credentials, assessments in these courses must be valid, reliable, and fair. Item Response Theory provides a robust approach to evaluating these properties. However, for this theory to be applicable, certain properties of the assessment items should be met, among them that item difficulties are…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Item Response Theory, Physics, Advanced Placement Programs
Robert Krakehl; Angela M. Kelly; Puneet Khosla – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Advanced placement (AP) physics performance is an important metric for examining precollege student preparation for post-secondary study. The present study examined potential predictors of AP Physics 1 performance including gender, teacher, and school-level characteristics. A theoretical framework proposed teacher preparation and experiential…
Descriptors: Physics, Advanced Placement Programs, Predictor Variables, Science Achievement
Peer reviewedSarah K. Mason; Matt Hancock; Izzy Thornton – Grantee Submission, 2024
Rural Mississippi schools often face challenges in providing equitable access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses, particularly in STEM fields. This lack of access limits opportunities for high-achieving students to pursue rigorous STEM coursework and related careers. The AP STEM program aims to improve access to AP STEM courses for high-achieving…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, STEM Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Access to Education
Download full textTadeo, Danilo Jr Austria; Yoo, Junehee – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic caused physical classes to suddenly transition to online learning all over the globe two years ago, resulting in students becoming more active in online email communication. The emails sent by the students were observed to contain students' concerns and needs for teacher support during the early stages of worldwide online…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, COVID-19, Pandemics, Physics
Marasco, David; Dreyfuss, Bree Barnett – Physics Teacher, 2022
In 2018, in response to the proposed elimination of physics at a predominately Hispanic and socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) high school, the Northern California/Nevada chapter of the AAPT investigated school demographics and their effect on physics offerings in public high schools in our region. As access was a key issue, the focus was on…
Descriptors: High Schools, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Physics
Jagesic, Sanja; Wyatt, Jeff – College Board, 2022
The Advanced Placement® (AP®) Program offers high school students the opportunity to take rigorous coursework in high school and receive college credit for AP Exam scores that meet or exceed the requirements of their attending institution. Students receiving AP credit are typically exempted from an introductory level course or series of courses…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, College Credits, Tests
