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Bekaert, Hans; Van Winckel, Hans; Van Dooren, Wim; Steegen, An; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We investigated to what extent secondary school students have insight in the apparent motion of the Sun and stars (AMoSS). We used the AMoSS test instrument, which focuses on distinctions between different aspects of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars. It consists of 12 multiple-choice questions accompanied by explanations. We administered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Motion, Astronomy
Gungor, Almer; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to validate the physics affective characteristics scale (PACS) by investigating its psychometric properties. The PACS is a revised version of the affective characteristics scale (ACS), which was developed for Turkish students following introductory physics courses. The questionnaire includes 51 items in 11 subscales:…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Majors (Students), Pharmacy
Bekaert, Hans; Van Winckel, Hans; Van Dooren, Wim; Steegen, An; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Young children, students, and adults may have alternative ideas about the motion of the Sun and stars as we observe them in the sky. However, a good understanding of this apparent motion is essential as a starting point to study more advanced astronomical concepts, especially when these include astronomical observations. In this paper, we describe…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Motion, Concept Formation
Van den Eynde, Sofie; Schermerhorn, Benjamin P.; Deprez, Johan; Goedhart, Martin; Thompson, John R.; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
In recent years, there has been an increased interest in conceptual blending in physics and mathematics education research as a theoretical framework to study student reasoning. In this paper, we adapt the conceptual blending framework to construct a blending diagram that not only captures the product but also the process of student reasoning when…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Visual Aids
Van den Eynde, Sofie; van Kampen, Paul; Van Dooren, Wim; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
We report on a study investigating the influence of context, direction of translation, and function type on undergraduate students' ability to translate between graphical and symbolic representations of mathematical relations. Students from an algebra-based and a calculus-based physics course were asked to solve multiple-choice items in which they…
Descriptors: Graphs, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Physics
Deprez, T.; Gijsen, S. E.; Deprez, J.; De Cock, M. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
We investigated the influence of context on students' understanding of cross products of vectors using three isomorphic multiple-choice tests asking for the direction of a cross product in different geometrical settings. One version of the test involved the Lorentz force, the second version involved the torque on an electric dipole, and the third…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Premedical Students, Student Evaluation, Science Tests
Stadermann, H. K. E.; van den Berg, E.; Goedhart, M. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Secondary school level quantum physics (QP) courses have recently been implemented in the national curricula of many countries. QP gives opportunities to acquaint students with more recent physics and its applications and to discuss aspects of the nature of science. Research has shown that QP is a challenging area for students. Because the…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Secondary School Curriculum, National Curriculum, Scientific Principles
Ceuppens, Stijn; Bollen, Laurens; Deprez, Johan; Dehaene, Wim; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
We design, validate, and administer a 24-item test to study student understanding of linear functions in 1D kinematics [x(t)] and mathematics [y(x)] in the 9th grade. The items assess identification and comparison of initial position and velocity in 1D kinematics and of the y intercept and slope in mathematics using a graph or an algebraic…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Problem Solving, Student Attitudes, Mechanics (Physics)
Zuza, Kristina; van Kampen, Paul; De Cock, Mieke; Kelly, Thomas; Guisasola, Jenaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
In this work, we explore how undergraduate students use classical field theory when describing physical phenomena in the context of introductory electromagnetism. We have extracted five key characteristics of the electric and magnetic field from a historical analysis of the topic. These characteristics informed the creation of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Physics, Undergraduate Students
Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
We have developed, implemented, and assessed a teaching-learning sequence that aims to enhance students' understanding of the divergence and curl of electromagnetic fields. We designed guided-inquiry worksheets based on student difficulties we identified during semiquantitative and qualitative studies and discussions in the literature. A multiple…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Teaching Methods, Concept Formation
Ceuppens, Stijn; Deprez, Johan; Dehaene, Wim; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
This study reports on the development, validation, and administration of a 48-item multiple-choice test to assess students' representational fluency of linear functions in a physics context (1D kinematics) and a mathematics context. The test includes three external representations: graphs, tables, and formulas, which result in six possible…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mathematics Tests, Test Construction, Foreign Countries
Coppens, Pieter; Van den Bossche, Johan; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Laboratories are an important part of science and engineering education, especially in the field of electronics. Yet very little research into the benefits of such labs to student learning exists. In particular, it is not well known what students do and, even more importantly, "think" during electronics laboratories. Therefore, we…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Observation, Laboratories, Electronics
Bollen, Laurens; De Cock, Mieke; Zuza, Kristina; Guisasola, Jenaro; van Kampen, Paul – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
We have investigated whether and how a categorization of responses to questions on linear distance-time graphs, based on a study of Irish students enrolled in an algebra-based course, could be adopted and adapted to responses from students enrolled in calculus-based physics courses at universities in Flanders, Belgium (KU Leuven) and the Basque…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Graphs, Classification
Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
Understanding Maxwell's equations in differential form is of great importance when studying the electrodynamic phenomena discussed in advanced electromagnetism courses. It is therefore necessary that students master the use of vector calculus in physical situations. In this light we investigated the difficulties second year students at KU Leuven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Calculus, Electronics, Magnets
De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
In this paper, we examine student success on three variants of a test item given in different representational formats (verbal, pictorial, and graphical), with an isomorphic problem statement. We confirm results from recent papers where it is mentioned that physics students' problem-solving competence can vary with representational format and that…
Descriptors: Physics, Problem Solving, Science Tests, Test Items