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Wei, Bing; Wang, Chengran; Tan, Lihua – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Visual representation in school textbooks plays an important role for physics teaching and learning. The integration of graphics with text has drawn attention of physics educators in recent years due to the close relationship between graphics and relevant text. The purpose of this study is to examine visual representation of optical content in…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Physics, Foreign Countries
Palmgren, Elina; Tuominen, Kimmo; Kontro, Inkeri – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Physics instruction is often unable to support students' self-efficacy. The remote teaching brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected learning. We surveyed an introductory quantum mechanics course for three years during a transition into the spin first approach, adapting the student-centered "prime-time learning" model and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts, Quantum Mechanics
May, Jason M.; Barth-Cohen, Lauren A.; Gerton, Jordan M.; De Grandi, Claudia; Adams, Adrian L. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
There is growing interest in implementing reform-based lab courses in undergraduate physics that are student driven rather than instructor driven. In these courses, students develop and carry out experiments while simultaneously reasoning about their hypotheses, data collection procedures, collected evidence, and the relevant physics content.…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Edwards, Joshua D.; Laguerre, Lorraine; Barthelemy, Ramón S.; De Grandi, Claudia; Frey, Regina F. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Students' social belonging in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses has repeatedly been shown to be an important influence on students' outcomes in these courses. Previous studies have further identified students' sense of belonging and belonging uncertainty as related but unique components of their broader social…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Introductory Courses, Physics, STEM Education
Mashood, K. K.; Khosla, Kamakshi; Prasad, Arjun; V., Sasidevan; Ashefas CH, Muhammed; Jose, Charles; Chandrasekharan, Sanjay – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Recent educational policies advocate a radical revision of science curricula and pedagogy, to support interdisciplinary practices, a distinguishing feature of contemporary science. Computational modeling (CM) is a core methodology of interdisciplinary science, as such models allow intertwining of data and theoretical perspectives from multiple…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
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
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
Ivanjek, L.; Klein, P.; Geyer, M.-A.; Küchemann, S.; Jelicic, K.; Dahlkemper, M. N.; Susac, A. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
To investigate how physics students perceived the sudden shift to online learning at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, 18 semistructured interviews were conducted with university students in Austria, Croatia, and Germany. Based on the interviews, a questionnaire was developed and data from N ¼ 578 physics students from five universities in…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Perl-Nussbaum, David; Yerushalmi, Edit – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Inquiry practices can be integrated into various settings that differ in terms of their constraints and hence in the scope and depth of the practices that students experience. Key policy papers suggest implementing a gradual learning sequence for inquiry practices so that students' learning experiences in more constrained settings can serve them…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Relevance (Education)
Pulgar, Javier; Ramírez, Diego; Umanzor, Abigail; Candia, Cristian; Sánchez, Iván – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Collaboration among students is fundamental for knowledge building and competency development. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of student collaboration depends on the extent that these interactions take place under conditions that favor commitment, trust, and decision making among those who interact. The worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 and the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Cooperative Learning, Peer Relationship
Corsiglia, Giaco; Schermerhorn, Benjamin P.; Sadaghiani, Homeyra; Villaseñor, Armando; Pollock, Steven; Passante, Gina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
A common task when problem solving in quantum mechanics, including in a spins-first curriculum, involves changing the basis of a given state. Our research in undergraduate quantum mechanics courses at three institutions explores student thinking about basis, basis expansion coefficients, and change of basis in the context of spin-½ systems. Our…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Schermerhorn, Benjamin P.; Corsiglia, Giaco; Sadaghiani, Homeyra; Passante, Gina; Pollock, Steven – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We conducted a multiyear project across three institutions to develop an instructional tutorial that supports student understanding of change of basis in quantum mechanics. Building from our previous work, we identified learning goals to guide activity development. The tutorial makes an analogy between spin-1/2 states and a Cartesian coordinate…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Quantum Mechanics
Kestin, Greg; Miller, Kelly – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The prevalence of online instruction highlights the importance of videos in education. Pedagogies that include elements that actively engage students are accepted as an improvement over more passive modes of instruction. How can we transfer the advantages of active engagement to instruction via video? Previous research on instructional videos has…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Video Technology, Questioning Techniques
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)
Meyer, Josephine C.; Passante, Gina; Pollock, Steven J.; Wilcox, Bethany R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Interdisciplinary introduction to quantum information science (QIS) courses are proliferating at universities across the US, but the experiences of instructors in these courses have remained largely unexplored in the discipline-based education research (DBER) communities. Here, we address this gap by reporting on the findings of a survey of…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Information Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Introductory Courses