In the age of rapid technological advancements, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and large language models (LLMs) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education has emerged as a transformative force, reshaping pedagogical approaches and assessment methodologies. "Uses of AI in STEM…

Presents a model describing the vibrations of a mass connected to fixed supports by "ideal" Hooke's law springs which may serve as a starting point in the study of the properties of irons in a crystal undergoing soft mode activated transition. (SL)

Suggests taking physics to a playground to manipulate the apparatus and to examine the equipment; applying physical principles such as the pendulum model to swings and angular momentum to the merry-go-round. (BR)

A graphical representation is proposed as a teaching device which can be useful in order to obtain a good intuitive grasp of the physical meaning of the Lorentz transformations. The connection between the time dilation and the desynchronization of clocks is particularly discussed. (Author/PR)

Presented is a review of a conference sponsored by the International Commission on Physics Education. The conference was concerned with the teaching of physics. (SL)

A series of short articles providing ideas for the use of electronic apparatus, demonstrations of magnetic fields, demonstrations of the conservation of momentum, and a new idea for an investigation of a black box.'' (AL)

Describes a nonlecture group technique for teaching physics. Test results are compared with classes using the lecture technique. Concludes that a smorgasbord of methods will probably give the student the best educational opportunity to achieve. (Author/PR)

Presented are recommendations of English mathematicians and physicists for ensuring that there is an optimum match in the math/physics interface in secondary schools. Recommendations stress the need for increased cooperation between the disciplines. (SL)

Presented is an analysis of Pringle's Paradox as an effective vehicle for developing insight into special relativity. (HM)

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the breakdown of Newtonian classical physics and the new concepts of modern physics have changed the treatment of elementary physics in undergraduate college textbooks and to evaluate implications of the change. Forty-three textbooks published between 1910 and 1966 were examined and placed…

A pedagogical approach to gauge invariance is presented which is based on the analogy between gauge transformations and relativity. (Author/SL)

Describes a "guided design" instructional method utilized to introduce introductory physics students to decision-making processes and the role such processes play in physics. Guided design involves students in making decisions one step at a time in the solution of an open-ended problem, and is applicable to other disciplines. (SL)

Discussed is the need for examining the reasons for teaching optics to help to determine how optics should be taught. (SL)

A survey made of 24 years of this journal revealed that there were 85 physics course or laboratory reports; the majority (59) were produced in the last four years. Few contained extensive evaluation reports; only two achieved national status. (Author/MLH)

Discusses techniques for teaching electrical resistance. (SL)