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Direct linkLevenson, Barton Paul – Physics Education, 2022
An internet poster recently floated the idea that friction with a recently denser interstellar medium causes global warming. Despite its superficially ridiculous nature, refuting this proposition is an interesting quantitative exercise.
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Heat
D. K. Keblbeck; K. Piatek-Jimenez; C. Medina Medina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Historically, physics has been a predominantly male field, with previous literature showing that there is little diversity among U.S. physics students at the undergraduate and graduate levels or among physicists within the work force. Recent research indicates that the lack of diversity in physics is partially due to an unwelcoming climate within…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Majors (Students), Disproportionate Representation
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
Download full textSunil Dehipawala; Todd Holden; Tak Cheung – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Hurricane and galaxy tidal effect are routine teaching topics in community college first year science courses, but there is a knowledge gap without a quantitative discussion of the physics of non-inertia frame. A survey of YouTube videos posted by Education Centers and professors showed that the hand-waving conceptual explanation is the most…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Astronomy
Justin A. Gutzwa; Ramón S. Barthelemy; Camila Amaral; Madison Swirtz; Adrienne Traxler; Charles Henderson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Despite knowing physics and astronomy doctoral programs are laden with identity-based inequities, they continue to push minoritized students to the margins. This qualitative social network analysis of 100 women and/or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more (LGBT+) physics and astronomy Ph.D.'s explores how minoritized physics and…
Descriptors: Females, LGBTQ People, Minority Group Students, Doctoral Students
Rahmat, Anggi Datiatur; Kuswanto, Heru; Wilujeng, Insih; Perdana, Riki – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2023
Technology has an essential role in the educational field. Technology-based mobile has the potential to improve education through Augmented Reality (AR). This study investigates the effect of mobile augmented reality on physics learning achievement and students' opinions on using this technology. The study used a convergent parallel pattern from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Kristen A. Miller; Shelli N. Carter; Joseph Marra – Online Learning, 2025
Fully online courses and degree programs are popular with students. These courses should provide the rigor and value of traditional learning in a face-to-face classroom to ensure mastery of concepts and learning objectives. This research expands previous work to investigate the effectiveness of online laboratory exercises in enhancing student…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, General Education, Adult Students
Rachel Freed; David McKinnon; Saeed Salimpour; Michael Fitzgerald; Dan Reichart; Christina Norris – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
In this paper, we present the results of an investigation into the effects of engaging with robotic telescopes during an Astronomy 101 (Astro101) course in the United States and Canada on the self-efficacy of students. Using an astronomy self-efficacy survey that measures both astronomy personal self-efficacy and instrumental self-efficacy, the…
Descriptors: Robotics, Gender Differences, Physics, Science Instruction
Kose, Mucahit; Kurtulus, Muhammed Akif; Bilen, Kadir – Pedagogical Research, 2022
The purpose of the study was to determine the perceptions, knowledge levels, and mental models of gifted 2nd and 3rd-grade elementary students regarding the shape of the Earth and gravity concepts. The data for the study, which was qualitative research, was collected through interviews with the students. The study participants were 80 students…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Walsh, Courtney; Tyler, John – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a pervasive impact on the work life and personal lives of employees across the US. During the spring semester of 2021, we surveyed a sample of physics and astronomy faculty members to learn more about their experiences during the pandemic. To understand faculty members' well-being, we asked respondents to gauge their…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Teachers, Physics, Astronomy
Exploring Student Estimates of Astronomical Scales: Impact of Question Formulation and Visualization
Willem Keppens; Mieke De Cock; Hans Van Winckel; Wim Van Dooren; Jan Sermeus – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Estimating astronomical scales requires multiple complex mental processes, such as spatial thinking and interpreting large numbers. As such, it is a nontrivial question how these estimates can be most efficiently assessed. There is reason to believe that results from previous studies probing astronomical scale estimates are possibly susceptible to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Physics, Comparative Analysis
Aydin, Mirac; Ozcan, Ibrahim – Physics Education, 2022
Advancements in mobile technologies have accelerated mobile Augmented Reality (AR), and many applications have been developed and presented in online stores. This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of the AR model of the Solar System simulated in mobile AR applications located in the Google Play Store. The applications were examined in the store…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Astronomy, Telecommunications
Walsh, Courtney; Tyler, John – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2022
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty members faced numerous challenges related to their teaching and research. Among other challenges, many faculty members encountered reduced access to the resources they needed. This Focus On briefly outlines faculty-reported changes in access to resources and compares those changes across the highest degree…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Teachers, Physics, Astronomy
Eom, Heungjin; Shim, Hyunjin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
The aim of this research study was to explore learning, i.e., changes in the knowledge structures of three in-service science teachers for the subject of active galaxies, through group activity conducted as part of a teacher training program. Qualitative methods were used in this study consisting of creating visual representations of the teachers'…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Kucukozer, Huseyin; Yurumezoglu, Kemal; Kucukozer, H. Asuman; Isildak, R. Suat – Physics Education, 2020
In this study, the tilt of the Earth's axis was measured during a lunar eclipse using a telescope based on the angle between the lunar orbit and ecliptic planes being considered as approximately zero. The presented method not only offers a practical and reliable way of measuring the axial tilt of the Earth during a lunar eclipse but also helps in…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Astronomy
