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Direct linkMichael E. Robbins; Nathan D. Davis; Eric W. Burkholder – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
There is currently little physics education literature examining thinking and learning in graduate education and even less literature characterizing problem solving among physics graduate students despite this being an essential professional skill for physicists. Given reports of discrepancies between physics problem solving in the undergraduate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Graduate Students, Physics, Science Instruction
Surya Gumilar; Daris Hadianto; Ari Widodo; Nizar Alam Hamdani; Tetep – Science & Education, 2025
This study focused on the use of anticipation guides (AG) as a reading strategy to support science reading and explored the level of students' scientific written arguments as a result. An AG consists of four components that address the topic of the reading activity: statements about the content, what I think, what the texts say, and evidence in…
Descriptors: Guides, College Students, Reading Strategies, Science Education
Deborah L. Santos; Suazette Reid Mooring – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Mindset is a construct of interest for challenging learning environments, as science courses often are, in that, it has implications for behavioral responses to academic challenges. Previous work examining mindset in science learning contexts has been primarily quantitative in nature, limiting the theoretical basis for mindset perspectives…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Cognitive Processes, Organic Chemistry
Download full textDaniel Doz; Josip Sliško – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The cognitive reflection test (CRT) assesses an individual's capacity to restrain impulsive and intuitive responses and to engage in critical reflection on mathematical problems. The literature indicates that several factors influence students' performance on CRT, including gender, age, and prior knowledge of mathematics. In this study, our…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills, Tests, Academic Achievement
Khaleel Al-Said; Nidal Amarin; Lyubov Krasnova – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study aims to determine how the use of virtual reality impacts physics students, their knowledge, and the quality of training. The study involved 116 students aged 17-19. The main purpose is to explore the effect that VR technology has on students' knowledge and motivation. As per usual, the students were divided into two research groups:…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Student Motivation
Benjie Wang; Wei Han; Yingjie Zhang; Qian Wang; Dan Li; Ziling Tang; Qingdian Kong – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
A central objective of science education is to foster a profound comprehension of fundamental scientific principles among students. Research has shown that a highly integrated knowledge structure is a key factor in achieving a deep understanding. This research has developed a friction force conceptual framework to model students' different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Physics
Gerd Kortemeyer; Julian Nöhl – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
This study explores the use of artificial intelligence in grading high-stakes physics exams, emphasizing the application of psychometric methods, particularly item response theory, to evaluate the reliability of AI-assisted grading. We examine how grading rubrics can be iteratively refined and how threshold parameters can determine when…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Tests, Grading, Artificial Intelligence
Álvaro Suárez; Arturo C. Marti; Kristina Zuza; Jenaro Guisasola – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
We investigate learning difficulties among second-year students in electromagnetism courses when they apply Ampère-Maxwell's law. Using phenomenography, we analyzed written answers from 65 undergraduate physics students to four questions on Ampère's and Ampère-Maxwell's laws. We complemented our research by interviewing 12 students. To design the…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Undergraduate Students, Energy, Magnets
MacKenzie Lenz; Jessica Payton; Ramón Barthelemy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
In 2017, the University of Utah experienced a tragedy that accelerated already proposed changes to the physics and astronomy graduate program. This article outlines the changes made to the graduate program and discusses students' experiences with the early implementation of the new policies. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Educational Change, Physics, Astronomy
Zhongzhou Chen; Tong Wan – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
This study examines the feasibility and potential advantages of using large language models, in particular GPT-4o, to perform partial credit grading of large numbers of student written responses to introductory level physics problems. Students were instructed to write down verbal explanations of their reasoning process when solving one conceptual…
Descriptors: Grading, Technology Uses in Education, Student Evaluation, Science Education
Matthew Mears; Louise Dash; Ross Galloway; Calvin Karpenko; Nicolas Labrosse; Victoria Mason; Mark Quinn – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
Digital proficiency, including coding, is increasingly essential in physics education. However, disparities in coding skills among students are influenced by demographic factors and prior educational exposure. This study examines barriers to pre-university coding exposure for first-year physics students across five UK institutions, proposing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coding, Physics, Science Education
Briley L. Lewis; Abygail R. Waggoner; Emma Clarke; Alison L. Crisp; Mark Dodici; Graham M. Doskoch; Michael M. Foley; Ryan Golant; Skylar Grayson; Sahil Hegde; Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas; Charles J. Law; R. R. Lefever; Ishan Mishra; Mark Popinchalk; Sabina Sagynbayeva; Samantha L. Wong; Wei Yan; Kaitlyn L. Ingraham Dixie; K. Supriya – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Undergraduate physics and astronomy students are expected to engage with scientific literature as they begin their research careers, yet reading comprehension skills are rarely explicitly taught in major courses. We seek to determine the efficacy of a reading assignment designed to improve undergraduate astronomy (or related) majors' perceived…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Process Skills, Astronomy
Nicholus Gumisirizah; Joseph Nzabahimana; Charles M. Muwonge – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This comparative study investigated the effect of supplementing problem-based learning (PBL) with video resources on students' academic achievement in physics, a unit of simple machines. It was carried out in the Ugandan Government and private lower secondary schools. The quasi-experimental design employed a cluster sampling design with 947…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Video Technology, Science Achievement
Nthoesele Hlaela; Loyiso C. Jita – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is considered an important ingredient in shaping classroom practice. PCK requires valid measurement at domain-specific level on different components excluding the teaching context. While the research focuses on measuring the PCK of unqualified teachers and pre-service teachers, the description of qualified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Secondary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Rui Kang; Hasitha Mahabaduge; Peter Rosado Flores – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
Difficulty in retaining college students in STEM majors is one of the key contributors to the scarcity of STEM graduates and a short supply of STEM workers in the United States. Two factors that are closely related to retention and achievement are transition to college and sense of belonging and involvement. We conducted a case study to explore…
Descriptors: Sense of Belonging, College Freshmen, College Students, Physics
