Physics First Works

MTPhTeam18.pdf          Modeling Grade 9 Physics and Competition Results                       (T. Burgess Ph.D....Retired, Mobile, AL) ACTAnal0016.pdf ___  ACT Performance Prior, During and After Physics Firs t                        (T. Burgess Ph.D....Retired, Mobile, AL) ALAAPT14.pdf                Presentation  on AP, ACT & External Assessments                     (T. Burgess, Ph.D.....Presented at Alabama AAPT Section Meeting 2014) JPIIHS2013.pdf               Modeling Science Improves College Readiness                       (Dye, Cheatham, Rowell, Barlow, Carlton, EJournal of Science Education) APNC13Anal.pdf              Impact of Physics 1st on AP Sciences                       (T. Burgess Ph.D....Data Presented at AP Conference, Las Vegas 2013) MTAPEn13.pdf               Higher AP Enrollment & Performance                      (T. Burgess, K. Goff, R. Hyre....McGill-Toolen, Mobile AL) RHSRes12.pdf               Modeling Instruction with Success in Grad

ACT © Test Performance and the Implementation of a Physics First Course Sequence 2000-2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY          A new high school science course sequence was evaluated using ACT section scores taken by 180-220 students each year over a seventeen year period.  The new sequence of high school science courses known as “Physics First” has all freshman take Physics, all sophomores take Chemistry, all juniors take Biology and in the senior year students can elect to take any of the sciences available and of interest to them.  This research looked at the performance of the 1100 student college preparatory urban private high school on the ACT test taken by students for college selection and scholarships.  The outcome of the new sequence was an immediate, rapid, statistically significant, large increases in every ACT section with scores rising during the transition and sustained for four years after the transition to "Physics First" was completed.  Surpris