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De Ambrosis, Anna; Levrini, Olivia – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
This paper concerns an empirical study carried out with a group of high school physics teachers engaged in the Module on relativity of a Master course on the teaching of modern physics. The study is framed within the general research issue of how to promote innovation in school via teachers' education and how to foster fruitful interactions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Questionnaires
Aslanides, J. S.; Savage, C. M. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
We report on a concept inventory for special relativity: the development process, data analysis methods, and results from an introductory relativity class. The Relativity Concept Inventory tests understanding of relativistic concepts. An unusual feature is confidence testing for each question. This can provide additional information; for example,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Tests, Scientific Concepts, Confidence Testing
Bandyopadhyay, Atanu; Kumar, Arvind – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
This work is an attempt to see how physics undergraduates view the basic ideas of general relativity when they are exposed to the topic in a standard introductory course. Since the subject is conceptually and technically difficult, we adopted a "case studies" approach, focusing in depth on about six students who had just finished a one semester…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Dreyfus, Benjamin W.; Sawtelle, Vashti; Turpen, Chandra; Gouvea, Julia; Redish, Edward F. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
As interdisciplinary courses are developed, instructors and researchers have to grapple with questions of how students should make connections across disciplines. We explore the issue of interdisciplinary reconciliation (IDR): how students reconcile seemingly contradictory ideas from different disciplines. While IDR has elements in common with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Physics, Biology, Science Instruction
Zuza, Kristina; Almudí, José-Manuel; Leniz, Ane; Guisasola, Jenaro – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
In traditional teaching, the fundamental concepts of electromagnetic induction are usually quickly analyzed, spending most of the time solving problems in a more or less rote manner. However, physics education research has shown that the fundamental concepts of the electromagnetic induction theory are barely understood by students. This article…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Zwickl, Benjamin M.; Hu, Dehui; Finkelstein, Noah; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
We review and extend existing frameworks on modeling to develop a new framework that describes model-based reasoning in introductory and upper-division physics laboratories. Constructing and using models are core scientific practices that have gained significant attention within K-12 and higher education. Although modeling is a broadly applicable…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Laboratories, Models, Interviews
Warren, Aaron R. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
Students often make mistakes in physics courses and are expected to identify, correct, and learn from their mistakes, usually with some assistance from an instructor, textbook, or fellow students. This aid may come in many forms, such as problem solutions that are given to a class, tutoring to an individual student, or a peer discussion among…
Descriptors: Physics, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods
Didis, Nilüfer; Eryilmaz, Ali; Erkoç, Sakir – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
This paper is the first part of a multiphase study examining students' mental models about the quantization of physical observables--light, energy, and angular momentum. Thirty-one second-year physics and physics education college students who were taking a modern physics course participated in the study. The qualitative analysis of data revealed…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Cognitive Structures, Models, Visualization
Scherr, Rachel E.; Robertson, Amy D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
We observe teachers in professional development courses about energy constructing mechanistic accounts of energy transformations. We analyze a case in which teachers investigating adiabatic compression develop a model of the transformation of kinetic energy to thermal energy. Among their ideas is the idea that thermal energy is generated as a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Energy
Scherr, Rachel E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2008
Systematic observations of student gestures can not only fill in gaps in students' verbal expressions, but can also offer valuable information about student ideas, including their source, their novelty to the speaker, and their construction in real time. This paper provides a review of the research in gesture analysis that is most relevant to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Nonverbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Hitt, G. W.; Isakovic, A. F.; Fawwaz, O.; Bawa'aneh, M. S.; El-Kork, N.; Makkiyil, S.; Qattan, I. A. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
We report on efforts to design the "Collaborative Workshop Physics" (CWP) instructional strategy to deliver the first interactive engagement (IE) physics course at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KU), United Arab Emirates (UAE). To our knowledge, this work reports the first calculus-based, introductory mechanics…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Grades (Scholastic), Language Proficiency
Gupta, Ayush; Elby, Andrew; Conlin, Luke D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
Many science education researchers have argued that learners' commitment to a substance (matter-based) ontology impedes the learning of scientific concepts that scientists typically conceptualize as processes or interactions, such as force, electric current, and heat. By this account, students' tendency to classify these entities as…
Descriptors: Physics, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Han, Jing; Bao, Lei; Chen, Li; Cai, Tianfang; Pi, Yuan; Zhou, Shaona; Tu, Yan; Koenig, Kathleen – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is a 30-question multiple-choice assessment that has been a building block for much of the physics education research done today. In practice, there are often concerns regarding the length of the test and possible test-retest effects. Since many studies in the literature use the mean score of the FCI as the…
Descriptors: Physics, Multiple Choice Tests, Science Instruction, Scores
Levrini, Olivia; diSessa, Andrea A. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2008
This article provides an empirical analysis of a single classroom episode in which students reveal difficulties with the concept of proper time in special relativity but slowly make progress in improving their understanding. The theoretical framework used is "coordination class theory," which is an evolving model of concepts and conceptual change.…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Time, High School Students, Physics
Marshman, Emily; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
Compared with introductory physics, relatively little is known about the development of expertise in advanced physics courses, especially in the case of quantum mechanics. Here, we describe a framework for understanding the patterns of student reasoning difficulties and how students develop expertise in quantum mechanics. The framework posits that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics, Mechanics (Physics), Logical Thinking