TABLE 5.
Results from manual re-examination of student focus group comments.
| Focus Group | Total Number of Student Comments | Percentage of Student Comments Referencing Frustration | Percentage of Frustration Comments Referencing Learning or Scientific Process |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | 14.8% (n=12) | 91.7% (n=11) |
| 2 | 48 | 16.7% (n=8) | 87.5% (n=7) |
| 3 | 119 | 7.6% (n=9) | 100% (n=9) |
| 4 | 79 | 15.2% (n=12) | 91.7% (n=11) |
| 5 | 131 | 13.0% (n=17) | 5.9% (n=1) |
| 6 | 110 | 10.0% (n=11) | 90.9% (n=10) |
| 7 | 101 | 5.9% (n=6) | 83.3% (n=5) |
| Aggregate | 669 | 11.2% (n=75) | 72.0% (n=54) |
Student comments from the focus groups were manually evaluated as to whether they contained a word or phrase signifying frustration and if they did so, whether they also contained a word or phrase denoting learning or better understanding of the scientific process.