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Oliver, Kristin A.; Werth, Alexandra; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Participation in undergraduate research experiences (UREs) has been identified as an important way of increasing undergraduate retention, interest, and identity within the sciences. Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been shown to have similar outcomes to UREs but can reach a larger number of students at one time and are…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Research, Scientific Research, Distance Education
Borish, Victoria; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
As quantum information science and technology (QIST) is becoming more prevalent and occurring not only in research labs but also in industry, many educators are considering how best to incorporate learning about quantum mechanics into various levels of education. Although much of the focus has been on quantum concepts in nonlab courses, current…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Science Laboratories, Quantum Mechanics
Sulaiman, Nidhal; Werth, Alexandra; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
A large-enrollment, introductory physics laboratory course at the University of Colorado Boulder has undergone a recent transformation to help students' develop lab skills and better align students' views and beliefs about experimental physics with those of expert experimental physicists through engagement with authentic scientific practices. We…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Walsh, Cole; Lewandowski, H. J.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Instructional labs are fundamental to an undergraduate physics curriculum, but their possible learning goals are vast with limited evidence to support any particular goal. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of labs with different goals and structures on students' critical thinking skills and views about experimentation, using an extensive…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Critical Thinking, Science Experiments
Werth, Alexandra; West, Colin G.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Over the last decade, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been recognized as a way to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education by engaging students in authentic discovery. CUREs have been shown to have positive benefits similar to traditional undergraduate research experiences;…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Teichmann, E.; Lewandowski, H. J.; Alemani, M. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
There is a large variety of goals instructors have for laboratory courses, with different courses focusing on different subsets of goals. An often implicit, but crucial, goal is to develop students' attitudes, views, and expectations about experimental physics to align with practicing experimental physicists. The assessment of laboratory courses…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Experiments, Foreign Countries
Borish, Victoria; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Modeling, which is the process of constructing, testing, and refining models, is an important skill in experimental physics, and thus a learning goal of many physics laboratory classes. One promising approach to help students develop modeling skills is to incorporate multiweek student-designed projects into lab courses. In order to assess the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Process Skills
Werth, Alexandra; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Oliver, Kristin; Fox, Michael F. J.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Laboratory courses are an important part of the undergraduate physics curriculum. During physics labs, students can engage in authentic, hands-on experimental practices, which can prepare them for graduate school, research laboratories, and jobs in industry. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020, colleges and universities across the…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Physics, COVID-19
Werth, Alexandra; Oliver, Kristin; West, Colin G.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] Over the last decade, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been recognized as a way to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education by engaging students in authentic research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Teamwork, Science Instruction
Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Students sometimes learn about a model of the "scientific method" that is linear and clear cut. While this approach may have pedagogical advantages, it does not reflect how science is often done in practice. The Experimental Modeling Framework (EMF) describes the complex and iterative process of experimentation in the domain of physics,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Methodology
Wilson, Joseph; Pollard, Benjamin; Aiken, John M.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Surveys have long been used in physics education research to understand student reasoning and inform course improvements. However, to make analysis of large sets of responses practical, most surveys use a closed-response format with a small set of potential responses. Open-ended formats, such as written free response, can provide deeper insights…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Science Education, Physics, Artificial Intelligence
Borish, Victoria; Werth, Alexandra; Sulaiman, Nidhal; Fox, Michael F. J.; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The 2020-2021 academic year was a unique time for many instructors who had to adapt their courses to be conducted remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially challenging for physics lab courses, which usually emphasize hands-on experiments. Although many courses have now returned to in-person teaching, the possibility remains of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Hoehn, Jessica R.; Fox, Michael F. J.; Werth, Alexandra; Borish, Victoria; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
The rapid transition to remote teaching in the spring of 2020 posed particular challenges for laboratory courses, which often involve students working hands-on with equipment in collaborative environments. Replicating in-person experiments was especially challenging for advanced lab courses that utilize specialized apparatus, which could not be…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Science Laboratories, Physics, Science Instruction
Aiken, John M.; De Bin, Riccardo; Lewandowski, H. J.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Across the field of education research there has been an increased focus on the development, critique, and evaluation of statistical methods and data usage due to recently created, very large datasets and machine learning techniques. In physics education research (PER), this increased focus has recently been shown through the 2019 Physical Review…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis
Aiken, John M.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We present a model for sharing quantitative data in the field of physics education research and use it to present a newly available dataset as an example. This model is in line with calls from across physics and science more generally to democratize data and results through open access. The model includes suggestions for data collection, creation…
Descriptors: Physics, Educational Research, Data, Shared Resources and Services