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Melissa Dancy; Charles Henderson; Naneh Apkarian; Estrella Johnson; Marilyne Stains; Jeffrey R. Raker; Alexandra Lau – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
A survey of 722 physics faculty conducted in 2008 found that many physics instructors had knowledge of research-based instructional strategies (RBISs), were interested in using more, but often discontinued use after trying. Considerable effort has been made during the decade following 2008 to develop and disseminate RBISs in physics as well as…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Knowledge Level, Active Learning
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Miller, Kelly; Callaghan, Kristina; McCarty, Logan S.; Deslauriers, Louis – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We show how learning can be improved, beyond that shown in actively taught classrooms, by also transforming the homework using the principles of deliberate practice. We measure the impact of transforming the homework on student learning in a course that had already implemented an active approach to teaching in class. We compare performance on the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Homework, Science Instruction, Physics
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Li, Jing; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
We discuss an investigation of the difficulties that students in a calculus-based university introductory physics course have with electric field and the superposition principle for the case of a continuous charge distribution and how that research was used as a guide in the development, validation, and evaluation of a tutorial on these topics to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, College Science, Energy
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Altermatt, Ellen; Teodorescu, Raluca; Iverson, Ellen R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Introductory physics for life sciences (IPLS) courses have emerged as a type of physics course within the introductory courses sequence. The interdisciplinary aspects of these courses as well as the diverse student populations that they serve create significant challenges for instructors who choose to design and deliver them. The Living Physics…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Predictor Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Emigh, Paul J.; Passante, Gina; Shaffer, Peter S. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
"Tutorials in Physics: Quantum Mechanic" is a set of curricular materials for supplementing upperdivision quantum mechanics instruction, developed by the physics education group at the University of Washington. We describe the development of a sequence of three tutorials that focused on quantum measurements and time dependence. This…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Quantum Mechanics, Measurement, Physics
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Good, Melanie; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Over the course of instruction, not only does most introductory physics students' content knowledge evolve but their attitudes and approaches to problem solving are also likely to evolve. This change may depend on many factors including the curricula and pedagogies used, the degree to which instruction actively engages students in the learning…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Introductory Courses, Knowledge Level
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Zhang, Ping; Ding, Lin; Mazur, Eric – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
This paper analyzes pre-post matched gains in the epistemological views of science students taking the introductory physics course at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in China. In this study we examined the attitudes and beliefs of science majors (n = 441) in four classes, one taught using traditional (lecture) teaching methods, and the other three…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Physics, Science Instruction, College Science
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Wood, Anna K.; Galloway, Ross K.; Donnelly, Robyn; Hardy, Judy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Interactive engagement activities are increasingly common in undergraduate physics teaching. As research efforts move beyond simply showing that interactive engagement pedagogies work towards developing an understanding of "how" they lead to improved learning outcomes, a detailed analysis of the way in which these activities are used in…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Physics