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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
Suresh, Srividya; Heckler, Andrew F. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This study investigates the evolution and associations between exam grades and social comparison concern (SCC) among students in an introductory calculus-based physics course. We begin with a descriptive characterization of midterm and final exam scores as well as pre-post SCC scores, including the concurrent evolution of these scores during the…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Black, W. K.; Matz, Rebecca L.; Mills, Mark; Evrard, A. E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Problem Roulette (PR), an online study service at the University of Michigan, offers points-free formative practice to students preparing for examinations in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses. Using four years of PR data involving millions of problem attempts by thousands of students, we quantify the benefits…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses
Zhang, Muxin; Morphew, Jason; Stelzer, Tim – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Preparing for high-stakes exams in introductory physics courses is generally a self-regulated activity. Compared to other exam reviewing strategies, doing practice exams has been shown to help students recognize gaps in their knowledge, encourage active practicing, and produce long-term retention. However, many students, particularly students who…
Descriptors: Tests, Scores, Drills (Practice), Study Habits
Alysa Malespina; Christian D. Schunn; Chandralekha Singh – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Students' motivational beliefs, such as disciplinary intelligence mindsets, can influence their physics performance and persistence. Intelligence mindset beliefs have long been argued to fall along of continuum between fixed and growth mindsets. Those with fixed physics mindsets believe that ability in physics is innate and unchangable, while…
Descriptors: Physics, Predictor Variables, Grades (Scholastic), Gender Differences
Yangqiuting Li; Chandralekha Singh – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
In this study, we investigated female and male students' sense of belonging and their academic performance measured by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and course grades in a calculus-based introductory physics course at a large public university in the United States. We find that compared to male students, female students' sense of belonging was…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Predictor Variables, Introductory Courses, Physics
Susac, Ana; Planinic, Maja; Bubic, Andreja; Jelicic, Katarina; Palmovic, Marijan – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Previous studies have shown the important role of different representations in the teaching and learning of physics. In this study, we used eye tracking to investigate the effect of different representations on the process of answering conceptual questions. We compared students' scores and eye-tracking measures on isomorphic questions which…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Science Tests, Science Achievement, Test Items
Haskell, Todd; Borda, Emily; Boudreaux, Andrew – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The structure of many science programs at the college level assumes that students are able to draw on and integrate ideas from multiple disciplinary contexts. However, most assessment tools focus on learning in the context of a single discipline. We describe the development and validation of an instrument to measure how well students are able to…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction
Wörner, Salome; Becker, Sebastian; Küchemann, Stefan; Scheiter, Katharina; Kuhn, Jochen – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Optics is a core field in the curricula of secondary physics education. In this study, we present the development and validation of a test instrument in the field of optics, the ray optics in converging lenses concept inventory (ROC-CI). It was developed for and validated with middle school students, but can also be adapted for the use in higher…
Descriptors: Optics, Physics, Science Instruction, Concept Formation
Visualizing and Predicting the Path to an Undergraduate Physics Degree at Two Different Institutions
Stewart, John; Hansen, John; Burkholder, Eric – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
This study examined physics major retention to degree at two institutions with substantially different admissions selectivity. Two modes of leaving the physics major were examined: leaving college and changing to another major while staying in college. The risk of leaving college while still enrolled as a physics major was highest in the spring…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students
Young, Nicholas T.; Tollefson, K.; Zegers, Remco G. T.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
As systematic inequities in higher education and society have been brought to the forefront, graduate programs are interested in increasing the diversity of their applicants and enrollees. Yet, structures in place to evaluate applicants may not support such aims. One potential solution to support those aims is rubricbased holistic review. Starting…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Science Education, Scoring Rubrics, College Admission
Li, Yangqiuting; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We discuss an investigation of students' motivational beliefs and performance on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) in a calculus-based introductory physics course at a large public university in the U.S. We investigated how students' perception of the inclusiveness of the learning environment (including perceived recognition, perceived…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Physics, Science Instruction, Student Motivation
Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Student sense of belonging in physics classes may not only play a key role in shaping course outcomes but also influence student persistence and future career aspirations. Prior research has shown that women have a lower sense of belonging than men in calculus-based introductory physics courses. However, prior research has generally not…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Grades (Scholastic)
Burkholder, Eric W.; Wieman, Carl E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of secondary instruction in the United States transitioned to an online environment. In many parts of the country, online schooling continued for upwards of two years. Many experts have hypothesized an "academic slide"--a reduction in student learning--following this period of online…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, High School Students, Secondary School Science
Maries, Alexandru; Brundage, Mary Jane; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) is a multiple-choice survey that contains a variety of electricity and magnetism concepts from Coulomb's law to Faraday's law at the level of introductory physics used to help inform instructors of student mastery of those concepts. Prior studies suggest that many concepts on the survey are…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Graduate Students, Teaching Methods