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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
Alexandra Werth; Benjamin Pollard; Robert Hobbs; H. J. Lewandowski – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Understanding measurement uncertainty is crucial in experimental physics, as it enables accurate and reliable measurements, facilitates comparison between measurements, and aids in designing experiments. Consequently, measurement uncertainty has emerged as a critical learning goal for many introductory physics labs. Here, we explore the impact of…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills, Measurement
Alexandra Werth; Colin G. West; Nidhal Sulaiman; H. J. Lewandowski – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have emerged as a promising approach to enhance undergraduate STEM education by engaging students in authentic discovery. CUREs integrate genuine research projects into undergraduate courses, providing students with a real research experience while earning academic credit. While CUREs offer…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Research Training, Undergraduate Students
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
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
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
Crossette, Nathan; Vignal, Michael; Wilcox, Bethany R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Student learning in upper-division thermal physics has not been studied to the same extent as in other courses like electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. Studies addressing reasoning and learning at the graduate level are even more limited. In this study, we conducted think-aloud interviews with eight graduate students involving questions…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Difficulty Level
Gifford, Julian D.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
This paper extends prior work establishing an operationalized framework of mathematical sense making (MSM) in physics. The framework differentiates between the object being understood (either physical or mathematical) and various tools (physical or mathematical) used to mediate the sense-making process. This results in four modes of MSM that can…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Multiple Choice Tests, Correlation, Problem Solving
Prefontaine, Brean; Mullen, Claire; Güven, Jonna Jasmin; Rispler, Caleb; Rethman, Callie; Bergin, Shane D.; Hinko, Kathleen; Fracchiolla, Claudia – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Many undergraduate and graduate physics students participate in some form of public engagement throughout the course of their studies, often through groups supported by physics departments and universities. These informal teaching and learning programs can offer unique opportunities for both participants and facilitators to interact in a way that…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Communities of Practice, Group Membership, Student Development
Pollard, Benjamin; Werth, Alexandra; Hobbs, Robert; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Physics lab courses are integral parts of an undergraduate physics education, and offer a variety of opportunities for learning. Many of these opportunities center around a common learning goal in introductory physics lab courses: measurement uncertainty. Accordingly, when the stand-alone introductory lab course at the University of Colorado…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Logical Thinking, Measurement
Bennett, Michael B.; Fiedler, Brett; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Public engagement is an important component of the operation of many physics organizations, such as physics departments. However, comparatively little work has been done to systematize the study of pedagogical approaches in these informal environments, which may contain unique affordances and challenges compared to formal settings. A 2016 study…
Descriptors: Models, Informal Education, Science Education, Physics
Wilcox, Bethany R.; Pollock, Steven J.; Bolton, Daniel R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
The cyclic format of the undergraduate physics curriculum depends on students' ability to recall and utilize material covered in prior courses in order to reliably build on that knowledge in later courses. However, there is evidence to suggest that people often do not retain all, or even most, of what they learned previously. How much information…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Interaction, Introductory Courses, Instructional Effectiveness
Ryan, Qing X.; Schermerhorn, Benjamin P. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
In an effort to examine students' understanding about the structure of boundary conditions in upper-division courses, think-aloud interviews were conducted in the context of both quantum mechanics and electricity and magnetism. In the quantum mechanics task, students were presented with a standard potential step scenario. In the electricity and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Quantum Mechanics
Quan, Gina M.; Corbo, Joel C.; Finkelstein, Noah D.; Pawlak, Alanna; Falkenberg, Karen; Geanious, Christopher; Ngai, Courtney; Smith, Clara; Wise, Sarah; Pilgrim, Mary E.; Reinholz, Daniel L. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Cultivating institutional transformation has been of recent interest in education research. This theoretical paper presents six principles for supporting sustained change efforts at the department level. Considering change efforts at the level of "principles" is valuable because principles are grounded in theoretical and empirical…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Partnerships in Education, Organizational Change, Decision Making
Ríos, Laura; Pollard, Benjamin; Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics describes the process by which physicists revise their models to account for the newly acquired observations, or change their apparatus to better represent their models when they encounter discrepancies…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Interviews, Logical Thinking, Electronics
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