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Direct linkD. 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
Hans Bekaert; Mieke De Cock; Wim Van Dooren; Hans Van Winckel – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
We present two studies to investigate the extent to which attending a planetarium presentation increases secondary school students' understanding of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars. In the first study, we used the Apparent Motion of Sun and Stars (AMoSS) test in a pretest/post-test/retention test setting to measure learning gains and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Facilities, Secondary School Students, Astronomy
Freed, Rachel; McKinnon, David; Fitzgerald, Michael; Norris, Christina M. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
This paper presents a new astronomy self-efficacy instrument, composed of two factors; one relating to learning astronomy content, which we call astronomy personal self-efficacy, and the other relating to the use of astronomical instrumentation, specifically the use of remote robotic telescopes for data collection. The latter is referred to as the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Astronomy, Self Efficacy
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
Skylar Grayson; Molly N. Simon; Sanlyn Buxner; Matthew Wenger; Chris Impey – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) experienced a resurgence in popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this work, we studied participants in an astrobiology MOOC offered on Coursera since April 2019. Using a modified version of the Science Motivation Questionnaire II, we examined the primary motivational factors of the participants, how those…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Science Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Heather B. Hewitt; Molly N. Simon; Chris Mead; Skylar Grayson; Grace L. Beall; Robert T. Zellem; Kalée Tock; Kyle A. Pearson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been shown to provide students with a variety of learning benefits including better conceptual understanding, improved critical thinking and data literacy skills, and increased interest in pursuing scientific careers. Additionally, CUREs provide students with opportunities to participate…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Program Development, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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
Richards, Zachary; Kelly, Angela M. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
The present study examined demographic and academic predictors of astronomy performance among a cohort of N=1909 community college students enrolled in astronomy courses in a large suburban community college during a four-year time frame, 2015-2019. The theoretical framework was based upon a deconstructive approach for predicting community college…
Descriptors: Grade Prediction, Community College Students, Astronomy, Predictor Variables
Philipp Bitzenbauer; Sarah Navarrete; Fabian Hennig; Malte S. Ubben; Joaquin M. Veith – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Research in astronomy education has uncovered that many learners possess limited and fragmented understanding of stars. The corresponding misconceptions manifest in various areas such as star formation, size, the relationship between stars and planets, and their position in space and have been shown to persist across different age groups and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Astronomy, Student Attitudes, Age Differences
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
Bekaert, Hans; Van Winckel, Hans; Van Dooren, Wim; Steegen, An; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We investigated to what extent secondary school students have insight in the apparent motion of the Sun and stars (AMoSS). We used the AMoSS test instrument, which focuses on distinctions between different aspects of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars. It consists of 12 multiple-choice questions accompanied by explanations. We administered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Motion, Astronomy
Saeed Salimpour; Michael Fitzgerald; Robert Hollow – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Over the years, there have been various calls to increase and better represent astronomy in curricula. This is motivated by views within the astronomy and astronomy education communities that the awe, wonder, and interdisciplinary nature of astronomy has the potential to engage students in STEM across disciplines. Reviews of curricula have shown…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Physics, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
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
Moire K. M. Prescott; Laura Madson; Sandra M. Way; Kelly N. Sanderson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
While many previous studies have indicated that encouraging a growth mindset can improve student learning outcomes, this conclusion's applicability to college-level astronomy classrooms remains poorly understood owing to the variation in students' overall and domain-specific learning attitudes. To address this, we surveyed undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Astronomy, Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes
Santos, Daryl Joe D.; Goto, Tomotsugu; Lu, Ting-Yi; Ho, Simon C.-C.; Wang, Ting-Wen; On, Alvina Y. L.; Hashimoto, Tetsuya; Young, Shelley S. C. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
As recent advancements in physics and astronomy rewrite textbooks in a very rapid pace, there is a growing need in keeping abreast of the latest knowledge in these fields. Reading preprints is one of the effective ways to do this. However, by having journal clubs where people can read and discuss journals together, the benefits of reading journals…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Periodicals, Clubs
