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Wu, David G.; Heim, Ashley B.; Sundstrom, Meagan; Walsh, Cole; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
As physics laboratory courses (labs) transition from traditional, model-verifying activities to discovery-based investigations, it becomes crucial to understand the role of the instructor in the implementation of various lab types. Prior work has started to address this need by examining either coarse-grained frequencies or fine-grained content of…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Teacher Role
Sundstrom, Meagan; Wu, David G.; Walsh, Cole; Heim, Ashley B.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Understanding social interactions among students comprises a rich area of physics education research. Here we focus on the social interactions in introductory physics laboratories (labs). Most existing research in such contexts focuses on within-group social dynamics, however, we argue that interactions between different lab groups are just as…
Descriptors: Interaction, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Holmes, N. G.; Heath, Grace; Hubenig, Katelynn; Jeon, Sophia; Kalender, Z. Yasemin; Stump, Emily; Sayre, Eleanor C. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Physics education research is replete with observations and proposed explanations for gender disparities in physics. In this work, we operationalize a definition for equity as everyone has access to the learning environment and everyone's voice is heard (adapted from previous definitions). We review prior research that observed inequities in…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Gender Differences
Sundstrom, Meagan; Schang, Andy; Heim, Ashley B.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Engaging in interactions with peers is important for student learning. Many studies have quantified patterns of student interactions in in-person physics courses using social network analysis, finding different network structures between instructional contexts (lecture and laboratory) and styles (active and traditional). Such studies also find…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Social Networks
Sundstrom, Meagan; Heim, Ashley B.; Park, Barum; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Researchers have pinpointed recognition from others as one of the most important dimensions of students' science and engineering identity. Studies, however, have found gender biases in students' recognition of their peers, with inconsistent patterns across introductory science and engineering courses. Toward finding the source of this variation,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Science Instruction, Peer Relationship
Phillips, Anna McLean; Sundstrom, Meagan; Wu, David G.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
With the adoption of instructional laboratories that require students to make their own decisions, there is a need to better understand students' activities as they make sense of their data and decide how to proceed. In particular, understanding when students do not engage productively with unexpected data may provide insights into how to better…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Student Behavior, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Krakehl, Robert; Kelly, Angela M.; Sheppard, Keith; Palermo, Martin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Physics, as a foundational science, has particular importance in predicting the postsecondary success of students who major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This quasiexperimental, observational study examined teacher-level and school-level predictors of student performance in physics, with a focus on isolated teachers. A New…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Physics, Professional Isolation, Context Effect
Chasteen, Stephanie V.; Scherr, Rachel E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Given the insufficient number of well-qualified future physics teachers in the U.S., physics programs often seek guidance for how to address this national need. Measurement tools can provide such guidance, by both defining excellence in physics teacher education (PTE) and providing a means to measure progress towards excellence. This paper…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scoring Rubrics
McColgan, Michele W.; Finn, Rose A.; Broder, Darren L.; Hassel, George E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
We present the Electricity and Magnetism Conceptual Assessment (EMCA), a new assessment aligned with second-semester introductory physics courses. Topics covered include electrostatics, electric fields, circuits, magnetism, and induction. We have two motives for writing a new assessment. First, we find other assessments such as the Brief…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Scientific Concepts, Student Evaluation
Scherr, Rachel E.; Plisch, Monica; Goertzen, Renee Michelle – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Understanding the mechanisms of increasing the number of physics teachers educated per year at institutions with thriving physics teacher preparation programs may inspire and support other institutions in building thriving programs of their own. The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC), led by the American Physical Society (APS) and the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Sustainability
Saltzman, J.; Price, M. F.; Rogers, M. B. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Epistemological studies generally focus on how students think about their construction of knowledge compared to how experts think about the same ideas. Instruments such as the MPEX and CLASS use a Likert scale to gauge whether students agree or disagree with how experts think about the same ideas. During analysis, five point scale responses are…
Descriptors: Physics, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction
Steinberg, Richard; Cormier, Sebastien – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
This study reports on a content course for science immersion teacher candidates that emphasized authentic practice of science and thinking scientifically in the context of introductory astrophysics. We explore how 122 science teacher candidates spanning three cohorts did and did not reason scientifically and how this evolved in our program. Our…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Course Content, Motion
Steinberg, Richard N.; Cormier, Sebastien; Fernandez, Adiel – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2009
Common forms of testing of student understanding of science content can be misleading about their understanding of the nature of scientific thinking. Observational astronomy integrated with related ideas of force and motion is a rich context to explore the correlation between student content knowledge and student understanding of the scientific…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Processes, High School Students, Scientific Literacy