Does SCALE-UP work?
Problem Solving
- Fall 98, Outperformed peers 88% of the time.
- Spring 99, Did better on 20 of 29 problems.
Conceptual Learning
- Fall 98 <g>FCI = 0.43
- Spring 99 <g>FCI = 0.52 <g>FMCE = 0.38 (3.5 ? gain of NCSU peers)
Attitudes
- Work harder than regular sections, but worth it.
- Failure rate for females 1/2 rate in traditional sections