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Delahay, Anita; Lovett, Marsha; Anderson, David; Sen, Surajit – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
The preparation gap [Salehi et al., Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 15, 020114 (2019)] refers to gaps in students' prior knowledge that can negatively affect their learning as they engage in introductory physics courses. To better characterize the gap, the current study distinguished the impact of various prior knowledge components on learning gains.…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Private Colleges, Calculus

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