Reality Link
Almost all classes in our study of 12 schools showed a decrease in favorable reality link responses over 1 year
- At DRY, # of favorable responses increased over 1 year course
- At NWU, student responses began and ended more favorably than most schools in our study.
At NWU, at least part of the reason is due to examples used by the instructor
I think every problem we have in class, every example [the instructor’s] used he’s related to a real world concept. It’s not anything that we’ve never heard of before. ... We use real life examples everyday.
Although NWU students were able to see physics as useful to their careers, DRY students saw the connection more clearly and could cite specific examples