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Al-Salmani, Fatema; Johnson, Jordan; Thacker, Beth – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
We present an analysis of students' thinking skills as evidenced by free-response exam problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compare two inquiry-based, laboratory-based classical mechanics courses, one taught online and one taught in person during the pandemic, and two inquiry-based, laboratory-based electricity and magnetism courses, one…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Analysis, Inquiry
Galili, Igal; Goren, Ehud – Science & Education, 2023
Regular disciplinary instruction of introductory physics at high school often misses a holistic perspective of the subject matter, its structure, and hierarchy. We have considered the domain of classical mechanics as taught at school and provided such a perspective in the form of a summative lecture which frames content in the triadic structure…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Science History, Motion
Emily M. Stump; Matthew Dew; Gina Passante; N. G. Holmes – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Measurement uncertainty is an important topic in the undergraduate laboratory curriculum. Previous research on student thinking about experimental measurement uncertainty has focused primarily on introductory-level students' procedural reasoning about data collection and interpretation. In this paper, we extended this prior work to study…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Introductory Courses, Thinking Skills, Physics
Philipp Bitzenbauer; Sebastian Höfler; Joaquin M. Veith; Bianca Winkler; Tim Zenger; Christoph Kulgemeyer – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Physics education research on explanatory videos has experienced a boost in recent years. Due to the vast number of explanatory videos available online, e.g. on YouTube, finding videos of high explaining quality is a challenging task for learners, teachers, and lecturers alike. Prior research on the explaining quality of explanatory videos on…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Quantum Mechanics, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
Caballero, Marcos D.; Doughty, Leanne; Turnbull, Anna M.; Pepper, Rachel E.; Pollock, Steven J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Reliable and validated assessments of introductory physics have been instrumental in driving curricular and pedagogical reforms that lead to improved student learning. As part of an effort to systematically improve our sophomore-level classical mechanics and math methods course (CM 1) at CU Boulder, we have developed a tool to assess student…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Outcomes of Education, Mathematics Instruction, College Faculty
Echiburu, Mauricio; Hernández, Carla; Pino, Miguel – Physics Education, 2023
Teaching physics in real-life contexts continues to be a challenge for teachers at different educational levels. In this article, three context-rich problems are proposed to be implemented in the classroom for higher education, using the explosion that occurred in Beirut as a case study. These problems require the search and analysis of real data,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Authentic Learning
Kohnle, Antje; Jackson, Alexander; Paetkau, Mark – Physics Teacher, 2019
Learning introductory quantum physics is challenging, in part due to the different paradigms in classical mechanics and quantum physics. Classical mechanics is deterministic in that the equations of motion and the initial conditions fully determine a particle's trajectory. Quantum physics is an inherently probabilistic theory in that only…
Descriptors: Probability, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Computer Simulation
Williams, Hollis – Physics Teacher, 2022
In this article, we construct a very simple double pendulum (the concept of a pendulum should be familiar to all beginning students of classical mechanics). Since a double pendulum has two degrees of freedom, we suggest that this pendulum can be used in the classroom environment to illustrate the concept of normal modes, and we use video software…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Scientific Concepts
Florian, Aurelia-Daniela; Florian, Gabriel; Trocaru, Sorin – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2022
In this paper is presented a pilot study for the investigation of the relevant factors within some experimental works carried out by students, after going through the learning unit "Movement and rest", which can be found in the chapter "Principles and laws in classical mechanics", from the physics curriculum for the ninth grade…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Mechanics (Physics), Grade 9
Gainer, Alexandre; Waxman, Michael – Physics Teacher, 2021
Friction is one of the most important forces studied in classical mechanics, and still is the subject of pedagogical literature. In a small series of problems stated below, we consider a particle sliding down a curve under the actions of gravity and kinetic friction. Unlike many of the referenced sources, we neglect the centripetal force arising…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Scientific Concepts, Kinetics, Motion
Pili, Unofre B. – Physics Education, 2020
Using Tracker, a popular video-based physics modeling tool, the position-time data of magnetically damped oscillations of a simple pendulum are acquired. Eddy currents are generated on an aluminum sheet as the magnetic pendulum bob passes over it and the induced magnetic field opposes that of the magnetic bob. This causes the damping. A…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Motion, Magnets
Tham, Claire; Yeo, Robin; Natarajan, Visshal; Zhang, Tianqin; Chen, Jer-Ming; Krishnaswamy, Lakshminarasimhan; Tan, Da Yang – Physics Teacher, 2022
In this article, we demonstrate the use of a simple pendulum to explore the concepts of kinematics and dynamics. A simple homemade pendulum and a phone-based accelerometer are used to determine, at various points in time, the acceleration of a moving train. The dynamical and kinematics data from the homemade pendulum and the accelerator can then…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Science Instruction, Computation, Secondary School Science
LeGresley, Sarah E.; Delgado, Jennifer A.; Bruner, Christopher R.; Murray, Michael J.; Fischer, Christopher J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Here we demonstrate the benefits of a new curriculum for introductory calculus-based physics that motivates classical mechanics using a modified version of Hamiltonian mechanics. This curriculum shifts the initial focus of instruction away from forces and the associated vector mathematics, which are known to be problematic for students, to the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Ribeiro, Williams J. M.; de Sousa, J. Ricardo – Physics Teacher, 2021
During elementary physics courses, many examples in mechanics are studied without considering air resistance effects. We can mention, for example, projectile motion and free fall, among many others. Only brief studies of such systems in classical mechanics courses consider linear air resistance (F[subscript drag] [is proportional to] v), which is…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Scientific Concepts, Introductory Courses
Agliolo Gallitto, Aurelio; Zingales, Roberto; Battaglia, Onofrio Rosario; Fazio, Claudio – Physics Education, 2021
Student understanding of the laws that describe the flow of a fluid is often hampered by a defective knowledge of basic classical mechanics (kinematics, statics, dynamics, and conservation laws) and by wrong common-sense ideas about quantities related to fluids, such as velocity and pressure. A pedagogical discussion about the Venturi effect,…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Scientific Principles, Scientific Concepts, Science Equipment