What Factors Determine the Uptake of A-level Physics?
What Factors Determine the Uptake of A-level Physics?
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DOI：
10.1080/09500693.2011.577843
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Bell, John F.
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作者：
Gill, Tim;Bell, John F.
最近，英国对16岁以上学习物理的学生人数下降感到非常担忧。为了调查为什么会这样，我们使用了来自国家学生资格数据库的数据和多层次建模技术，以调查哪些因素对特定年份高级水平（A级）物理学的吸收影响最大。每个感兴趣的因素都被输入到一个单独的模型中，同时考虑到先前的成绩和性别（两者都是A级吸收的众所周知的预测因素）。我们发现，与更大的吸收概率相关的因素包括与其他科目相比，16岁时在物理（或综合科学）和数学方面取得更好的成绩，以及（仅限女孩）参加独立或文法学校。虽然很难直接解决这些因素，但结果表明，需要做更多的工作来提高中等教育普通证书的相对成绩，也许可以增加这一级的专业物理教师的供应，并克服认为物理是一门特别难的学科的看法（特别是在女孩中）。
There has been much concern recently in the UK about the decline in the number of students studying physics beyond age 16. To investigate why this might be we used data from a national database of student qualifications and a multilevel modelling technique to investigate which factors had the greatest impact on the uptake of physics at Advanced Level (A-level) in a particular year. Each factor of interest was entered into a separate model, while accounting for prior attainment and gender (both well-known predictors of A-level uptake). We found that factors associated with greater probability of uptake included better attainment in physics (or combined science) and maths qualifications at age 16 in comparison to other subjects, and (for girls only) attending an independent or grammar school. While it is difficult to address these factors directly, the results imply that more needs to be done to improve relative performance at General Certificate of Secondary Education, perhaps by increasing the supply of specialist physics teachers at this level and to overcome the perception (especially among girls) that physics is a particularly difficult subject.