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Ostermann, Fernanda; Cavalcanti, Cláudio J. de H.; Nascimento, Matheus M.; Lima, Nathan W. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the appropriation of the sociocultural perspective by the physics education research community has represented a linguistic turn in the field, pointing out a promising path to overcome the dominance of the "individual paradigm," both in terms of student learning and initial and continuing teacher…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Learning Theories, Sociocultural Patterns
Vidushi Adlakha; Eric Kuo – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Recent critiques of physics education research (PER) studies have revoiced the critical issues when drawing causal inferences from observational data where no intervention is present. In response to a call for a "causal reasoning primer" in PER, this paper discusses some of the fundamental issues in statistical causal inference. In…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Statistical Inference, Causal Models
Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; John R. Thompson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Much of physics involves the construction and interpretation of equations. Research on physics students' understanding and application of mathematics has employed Sherin's symbolic forms or Fauconnier and Turner's conceptual blending as analytical frameworks. However, previous symbolic forms analyses have commonly treated students' in-context…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts
Joe Olsen; Debbie Andres; Nicolette Maggiore; Charles Ruggieri – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Understanding how relationships between instructors and students develop is important for understanding the undergraduate student experience. We expect the development of positive relationships is related to the social practices (e.g., greetings, using names, sympathizing, or empathizing with students) that instructors use in the course of normal…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Interaction, Social Behavior
Amy D. Robertson; Lisa M. Goodhew; Lauren C. Bauman; Brynna Hansen; Anne T. Alesandrini – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Qualitative Methods in PER: A Critical Examination.] Identifying student ideas about particular physics topics is one of the earliest and longest-standing foci of physics education research. This paper presents a method for identifying common conceptual resources for understanding physics, using…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills, Science Tests
Jason M. May – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] Physics instructional labs have long been an area of pedagogical innovation and educational research. While current stakeholders in instructional labs are undoubtedly aware of the day's concerns, reform efforts, and empirical research…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Educational History
Bao, Lei; Koenig, Kathleen; Xiao, Yang; Fritchman, Joseph; Zhou, Shaona; Chen, Cheng – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Abilities in scientific thinking and reasoning have been emphasized as core areas of initiatives, such as the Next Generation Science Standards or the College Board Standards for College Success in Science, which focus on the skills the future will demand of today's students. Although there is rich literature on studies of how these abilities…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Weller, Daniel P.; Bott, Theodore E.; Caballero, Marcos D.; Irving, Paul W. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Physics classes with computation integrated into the curriculum are a fitting setting for investigating computational thinking. In this paper, we present a framework for exploring this topic in introductory physics courses. The framework, which was developed by reviewing relevant literature and acquiring video data from high school classrooms,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Computation
Weissman, M. B. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Sound educational policy recommendations require valid estimates of causal effects, but observational studies in physics education research sometimes have loosely specified causal hypotheses. The connections between the observational data and the explicit or implicit causal conclusions are sometimes misstated. The link between the causal…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Attribution Theory, Educational Policy
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
Alicea-Muñoz, Emily; Subiño Sullivan, Carol; Schatz, Michael F. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are key partners in the education of undergraduates. Given the potentially large impact GTAs can have on undergraduate student learning, it is important to provide them with appropriate preparation for teaching. But GTAs are students themselves, and not all of them desire to pursue an academic career. Fully…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Students, Teaching Assistants, Science Instruction
Langbeheim, Elon; Abrashkin, Ariel; Steiner, Ariel; Edri, Haim; Safran, Samuel; Yerushalmi, Edit – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
This article describes the redesign of a project-based course on soft and biological materials to include computational modeling. Including the construction of computational models in the course is described as a shift from constructivism--a theory that characterizes the development of formal reasoning, to constructionism--a theory that focuses on…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Educational Change, Curriculum Design
Communities of Practice as a Curriculum Design Theory in an Introductory Physics Class for Engineers
Irving, Paul W.; McPadden, Daryl; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] The communities of practice framework has become an essential framework for understanding identity development both in physics education research (PER) and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, more broadly. However, the use of communities…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Curriculum Design, Introductory Courses, Physics
Foregrounding Epistemology and Everyday Intuitions in a Quantum Physics Course for Nonscience Majors
Wittmann, Michael C.; Morgan, Jeffrey T. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
In developing and modifying a course called "Intuitive Quantum Physics" for nonscience majors, several social and theoretical commitments informed our design decisions. We believed that the goal of a general education course should not be acquiring content knowledge alone, but more generally developing an approach to thinking…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nonmajors
French, Rica Sirbaugh; Prather, Edward E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] Our investigation of 353 faculty-produced multiple-choice Think-Pair-Share questions leads to key insights into faculty members' ideas about the discipline representations and intellectual tasks that could engage learners on key topics in physics and…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teacher Developed Materials, Active Learning, Astronomy