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Alia Hamdan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In recent years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have gained increasing importance in the field of physics. Despite efforts to enhance DEI, physics still faces numerous challenges in this area. This dissertation is divided into three main chapters, aiming to investigate the significance of learning-related emotions and physics identity as…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Self Concept, Student Attitudes
Tamara Gay Young – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A significant body of scholarship in Physics Education Research (PER) has documented that students have intuitive knowledge resources that they use to make sense of the physical world. Similarly, for physicists, symmetry is fundamental to making sense of the universe. In this dissertation, I explore students' intuitive resources related to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Alistair Gilbert McInerny – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Understanding human behavior and reasoning is essential for developing successful instruction. Discipline-based education researchers have examined how students learn, informing the development of successful instructional strategies. Researchers have also identified barriers to the successful implementation of such strategies. This work utilizes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Physics
Aakash Kumar – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many efforts to reform science educational standards and structure have placed an emphasis on directing learners to communicate about concepts using external representations (ERs). Techniques to develop competencies with ERs often ask learners to develop understanding outside of a physical context while concurrently making connections back to the…
Descriptors: Magnets, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Computer Simulation
Brandon J. Yik – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The work in this dissertation is presented in two parts. The first part (Chapters 3 and 4) details work relating to students' explanations of reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry. The second part (Chapters 5 and 6) details work relating to the evaluating the uptake of research-based instructional practices in introductory chemistry,…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
May, Jason Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Undergraduate physics laboratory curriculum has undergone significant modification in recent decades in response to research and recommendations from educational and professional organizations and stakeholders. These reforms address multiple issues, such as 1) lack of student agency in experimentation, 2) an incomplete framework for student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Introductory Courses, Physics
Courtney R. Simmons – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research has shown the majority of students who have completed a university calculus course reason about the definite integral primarily in terms of prototypical imagery or in purely algorithmic and non-quantitative ways. This dissertation draws on the framework of Emergent Quantitative Models to identify how calculus students might develop a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Concepts
Gette, Cody Ray – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Physics education research over the past few decades has made significant advances toward improving instructional practices and developing effective instructional materials for physics classrooms. In some contexts, however, after multiple instructional refinements difficulties can remain persistent. Recent findings in PER suggest that many of…
Descriptors: Physics, Logical Thinking, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
Ryan Tapping – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In this dissertation I will present my work in both the fields of spintronics and physics education research. In the first section, I present a method to account for spin pumping in spin torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) measurements. A spin current can be generated via the spin Hall effect (SHE), which is typically transverse to the charge…
Descriptors: Magnets, Electronics, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Olivia M. Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Active learning is widely recognized as superior to traditional passive, lecture-based techniques for fostering learning in STEM courses. Interactive, hands-on learning where students interact with their peers and physical systems is an effective type of active learning. As the need for scientists and engineers continues to grow, understanding and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Thermodynamics, Concept Formation, Undergraduate Students
Belcher, Nathan Tillman – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This action research study used data from multiple assessments in Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism to determine the viability of Modeling Instruction as a pedagogy for students in AP Physics C: Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism. Modeling Instruction is a guided-inquiry approach to teaching science in which students progress through…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Advanced Placement Programs, Mechanics (Physics)
Gorman, Connor – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The effect of class size on student learning has numerous policy implications and has been a major subject of conversation and research for decades. Despite this, few studies have been done on class size in the context of university settings or physics courses. This dissertation helps address that gap in the literature by quantitatively analyzing…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Grades (Scholastic), Introductory Courses
Riaz, Muhammad – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study investigated the effects of two instructional approaches -- Discovery Learning Scientific Community Laboratories (DL-SCL; Treatment) and non-DLSCL laboratories (Control) -- on students' conceptual understanding, epistemological views, and academic achievement in a Physics-1 lab. Conceptual understanding was measured pre/post using the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Discovery Learning, Teaching Methods
Addido, Johannes – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teaching science concepts for conceptual understanding has its challenges. Promoting conceptual change in the science classroom can be difficult because most concepts are complicated and counter-intuitive. This dissertation research aimed to determine the effect of teaching for conceptual understanding models on pre-service teachers' conceptual…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Massey, M. Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Prior to instruction, students often possess a common-sense view of motion, which is inconsistent with Newtonian physics. Effective physics lessons therefore involve conceptual change. To provide a theoretical explanation for concepts and how they change, the triangulation model brings together key attributes of prototypes, exemplars, theories,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Motion, Physics
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