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Li, Yangqiuting; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We investigated students' physics motivational beliefs including their physics self-efficacy, interest, perceived recognition, and identity in a traditionally taught two-semester college calculus-based introductory physics sequence (referred to as physics 1 and physics 2). We studied whether and how these motivational beliefs evolve in this course…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physics, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
Brundage, Mary Jane; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
We discuss the development and validation of the long version of a conceptual multiple-choice survey instrument called the Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws-Long suitable for introductory physics courses. This version of the survey instrument is a longer version of the original shorter version developed and validated…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Multiple Choice Tests, Thermodynamics
Kalender, Z. Yasemin; Marshman, Emily; Schunn, Christian D.; Nokes-Malach, Timothy J.; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Physics is a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics discipline in which women are severely underrepresented. Prior work has identified motivation-based explanations for low participation and retention rates of women in physics. Among various motivational factors, intelligence mindsets (i.e., having fixed or growth mindsets) have been…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Gender Differences, Student Motivation
Li, Yangqiuting; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We discuss an investigation of students' motivational beliefs and performance on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) in a calculus-based introductory physics course at a large public university in the U.S. We investigated how students' perception of the inclusiveness of the learning environment (including perceived recognition, perceived…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Physics, Science Instruction, Student Motivation
Malespina, Alysa; Schunn, Christian D.; Singh, Chandralekha – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: Motivational factors are one active area of research that aims to increase the inclusion of women in physics. One of these factors that has only recently gained traction in physics is intelligence mindset (i.e., the belief that intelligence is either innate and unchangeable or can be developed). We studied 781 students in…
Descriptors: Ability, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Physics
Good, Melanie; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha – Physics Education, 2022
An important goal of introductory physics courses is to encourage effective approaches to problem solving. To achieve this goal, many aspects of desired problem solving approach should be rewarded, e.g. via grade incentives rather than basing grades mainly or solely on correct final answers. Here we discuss findings of a study that suggests that…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Physics, Sex Fairness, Incentives
Malespina, Alysa; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Creating equitable learning environments has been an area of significant focus for physics education researchers in recent years. Here we introduce a framework that posits that grade penalty is a measure of academic self-concept and investigate if there are gender differences in grade penalties in physics courses for students majoring in physics.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Gender Differences, Grades (Scholastic), Physics
Doucette, Danny; Singh, Chandralekha – Physics Teacher, 2022
Imagine two groups of students in your physics class or lab. In Group A, the students each take on a different task but invest an equal amount of time, energy, and effort in what they do. For example, one student might be the note-taker, while another operates the calculator, computer, or experimental apparatus, and a third keeps everyone on track…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Group Activities, Cooperative Learning
Whitcomb, Kyle M.; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha – Research in Science Education, 2023
The importance of science beliefs such as self-efficacy, interest, identity, sense of belonging, perceived recognition and effectiveness of peer interaction in science education has been increasingly recognized in recent years. Self-efficacy, interest, and identity can be considered students' internal beliefs, and sense of belonging, perceived…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Physics, Majors (Students), Control Groups
Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
The motivational beliefs of students, who were mainly bioscience majors interested in careers in health professions, in mandatory large introductory level algebra-based physics courses were surveyed. Although female students outnumbered male students in these courses, they had lower physics motivational beliefs including self-efficacy and identity…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Beliefs, Self Concept, Gender Differences
Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Students' self-efficacy in physics classes can play a key role in shaping course outcomes. Prior research has shown that women have a lower self-efficacy than men in calculus-based introductory physics courses. We administered a validated survey to 564 students to investigate the gender differences in self-efficacy and how it predicts student…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Self Efficacy, Physics, Science Instruction
Li, Yangqiuting; Whitcomb, Kyle; Singh, Chandralekha – Physics Teacher, 2020
Physics has historically been portrayed as a field for brilliant men. Many prior studies have focused on the reasons for women's underrepresentation in physics and related disciplines from different perspectives and strategies to improve the learning environments so that all students can excel in physics courses. Due to societal stereotypes, women…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Physics, Gender Differences
Li, Yangqiuting; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Students' self-efficacy, interest, and perceived recognition from others in a given field have been shown to be very important for the development of their identity in that field, which is a critical predictor of students' major and career decisions. Prior research suggests that students' self-efficacy and interest play an important role in their…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Physics, Science Instruction, Student Interests
Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Societal stereotypes and biases pertaining to who belongs in physics and who can excel in it can impact motivational beliefs of women in physics courses. Prior research has shown that women have lower physics self-efficacy than men in physics courses in which women are underrepresented. However, prior research has generally not investigated…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Physics, Self Efficacy
Singh, Chandralekha; Levy, Akash; Levy, Jeremy – Physics Teacher, 2022
After the passage of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Act in December 2018, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently assembled an interagency working group and conducted a workshop titled "Key Concepts for Future Quantum Information Science Learners" that focused on…
Descriptors: Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts