The Physics Teacher, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 158–163, March 2007
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Table I. The FCI sub-test: the degree of progress of JHS students who ere taught with our method.
FCI item (from N3)No. of classesNo. of students<g>**
2112420.68
11112420.46
13112420.58
14*3610.82
average  0.64
* The question was administered only in three of the seven classes that participated in the study
** <g> is the degree of progress1 of the students and indicates the real effectiveness of the approach. <g> = (post-test score − pre-test score)/(100 − pre-test score)
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Table II. Students' achievements in a problem taken from the physics matriculation exam. The ninth-graders studied by the method described herein.
Groupnanswered correctly (%)explained correctly (%)
Heterogeneous ninth-graders3604741
Advanced physics 12th-graders11154231
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