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Cedric Linder; Jesper Bruun; Arvid Pohl; Burkhard Priemer – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Social semiotic discussions about the role played by representations in effective teaching and learning in areas such as physics have led to theoretical proposals that have a strong common thread: in order to acquire an appropriate understanding of a particular object of learning, access to the disciplinary relevance aspects in the representations…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Competence
Ellen Watson; Gregory Thomas – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Qualitative Methods in PER: A Critical Examination.] Epistemic beliefs about physics are most often investigated using quantitative instruments that reflect binary conceptualizations of those beliefs. This study reports from a qualitative study which used continua to represent the epistemic beliefs…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Physics, Foreign Countries
Mi, Shuaishuai; Ye, Jianqiang; Li, Yan; Bi, Hualin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This study developed and validated an instrument to investigate senior school students' understanding of electrostatics and provide a cognitive diagnostic assessment of their strengths and weaknesses on the related concepts (e.g., electric charge). The instrument included 20 four-tier multiple-choice items and the development process is organized…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, High School Students, Student Evaluation
Galano, Silvia; Liccardo, Antonella; Amodeo, Anna Lisa; Crispino, Marianna; Tarallo, Oreste; Testa, Italo – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
We investigated how the endorsement of gender stereotypes affects disciplinary identity across three different science-technology-engineering-mathematics (STEM) areas: physics, biology, and chemistry, and whether such relationship is mediated by self-concept constructs, such as self-efficacy and perceived academic control. Building on the…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, High School Students, Self Concept, STEM Education
Coletta, Vincent P. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Recently Burkholder "et al." argued that class normalized gains over the entire population of courses is approximated by a Cauchy distribution, not by a normal distribution, and therefore should not be used to compare different classes because means and standard deviations cannot be calculated. They argued that multiple linear regression…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Fiedler, Kristin; Kubsch, Marcus; Neumann, Knut; Nordine, Jeffrey – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Science education research has repeatedly revealed students' problems with understanding the energy concept, in particular, their understanding of potential energy. Newer research suggests that teaching students fields as a means to store potential energy may promote a more consistent understanding of the energy concept. Yet, it is presently…
Descriptors: Science Education, Energy, Middle School Students, Grade 6
Lin, Jiabei; Xing, Yuting; Hu, Yudi; Zhang, Jian; Bao, Lei; Luo, Kaiqing; Yu, Keke; Xiao, Yang – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Students hold a variety of initial (mis)conceptions that are inconsistent with scientific knowledge and hinder their physics learning. The initial (mis)conceptions could coexist with the scientific ones, even after a conceptual change. Inhibitory control may help overcome initial (mis)conceptions. This study investigated if and how inhibitory…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Physics, Majors (Students), Science Education
Campos, Esmeralda; Hernandez, Eder; Barniol, Pablo; Zavala, Genaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Identifying students' difficulties in understanding Gauss's and Ampere's laws is important for developing educational strategies that promote an expertlike understanding of the field concept and Maxwell's equations of electromagnetic phenomena. This study aims to analyze and compare students' understanding of symmetry when applying Gauss's and…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Hynninen, Teemu; Pesonen, Henna; Lintu, Olli; Paturi, Petriina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
We present a study on the development of Finnish first-year physics majors' attitudes towards physics, as measured by the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey, before, during, and after the period of mandatory remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. We find that in the years before the pandemic, these attitudes did not change,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes
Tu, Tao; Li, Chuan-Feng; Xu, Jin-Shi; Guo, Guang-Can – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
In the context of quantum mechanics, students are often asked to use delta functions to solve problems. Here, we investigate three typical problem-solving processes using delta functions: a delta function potential well problem, a position space delta function problem, and a momentum space delta function problem. We studied students'solutions in…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Scientific Concepts
Liu, Sijia; Xu, Shaorui; Li, Qiuye; Xiao, Hua; Zhou, Shaona – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Despite the high demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals, the STEM talent pipeline continues to leak. A framework of STEM identity could provide insight into why and to what extent individuals engage in STEM-related activities. The present study describes the process of developing and validating an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, STEM Education, Student Attitudes, Reliability
Dahlkemper, Merten Nikolay; Lahme, Simon Zacharias; Klein, Pascal – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This study aimed at evaluating how students perceive the linguistic quality and scientific accuracy of ChatGPT responses to physics comprehension questions. A total of 102 first- and second-year physics students were confronted with three questions of progressing difficulty from introductory mechanics (rolling motion, waves, and fluid dynamics).…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software
Greinert, Franziska; Müller, Rainer; Bitzenbauer, Philipp; Ubben, Malte S.; Weber, Kim-Alessandro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
With the increasing industrial relevance of new quantum technologies, a well-educated quantum workforce becomes increasingly crucial. The foreseeable lack of workforce raises important questions. What are the expectations regarding the future relevance of second-generation quantum technologies? What are the requirements for the workforce in the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Futures (of Society), Quantum Mechanics
Tong, Dazhen; Liu, Jia; Sun, Yechao; Liu, Qiaoyi; Zhang, Xiangqun; Pan, Sudong; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Work and mechanical energy is a fundamental topic in introductory physics. Studies in existing literature have shown that students have difficulties in understanding work and mechanical energy, particularly the topic of work-energy theorem. To study students' knowledge integration in learning work and mechanical energy, a conceptual framework…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Hernandez, Eder; Campos, Esmeralda; Barniol, Pablo; Zavala, Genaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Electricity and magnetism are closely related phenomena with a well-known symmetry found in Maxwell equations. An essential part of any electricity and magnetism course includes the analysis of different field source distributions through Gauss's and Ampere's laws to compute and interpret different physical quantities, such as electric flux,…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts