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Hamideh Talafian; Morten Lundsgaard; Maggie S. Mahmood; Eric Kuo; Timothy J. Stelzer – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Although most teachers recognize the importance of taking investigative, open-ended approaches to students' learning experiences, implementing them in high school classes can be challenging for teachers. In this work, we analyzed data from multiple sources from a teaching Community of Practice (CoP) to investigate (a) barriers to taking an…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Laboratory Procedures
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Gayle Geschwind; Micol Alemani; Michael F. J. Fox; P. S. W. M. Logman; Eugenio Tufino; H. J. Lewandowski – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Physics education research (PER) is a global endeavor, with a wealth of work performed at a variety of institutions worldwide. However, results from research into undergraduate physics laboratory courses are often difficult to compare due to the broad variations in courses. We report here how we developed and validated a survey to classify these…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Physics, Science Instruction, Laboratory Procedures
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Birch, Stephen M. I.; Bates, Joanna; Bell, Michael; Christofidou, Katerina A.; Corkhill, Claire L.; Hearnden, Vanessa; Lopez, Elisa Alonso; Mason, Louise C.; Southworth, Amanda; Dean, Julian S. – Physics Education, 2021
During the coronavirus pandemic, there have been significant challenges in the remote teaching and demonstration of experiments, especially those that require laboratory testing equipment. With a desire to give students a feel for our materials laboratory on open days and allow them to gain a deeper understanding of what materials science and…
Descriptors: Physics, COVID-19, Pandemics, Demonstrations (Educational)
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Rioux, Pierre; Blier, Pierre – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2021
Students in environmental sciences, ecology, or wildlife management are often reluctant to acquire training in basic laboratory techniques. To advocate the importance of this training, we reviewed literature in the fields of biological and environmental science for one frequently used technique--centrifugation--and evaluated whether centrifugation…
Descriptors: Laboratory Training, Scientists, Science Education, Ecology
Cole Jarvis Walsh – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Introductory physics lab instruction is undergoing a transformation, with increasing emphasis on developing experimentation and critical thinking skills. These changes present a need for standardized assessment instruments to determine the degree to which students develop these skills through instructional labs. In the first part of this thesis,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Training