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Mark A. J. Parker; Holly Hedgeland; Nicholas St. J. Braithwaite; Sally E. Jordan – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The study outlines the early-stage development of a free-response General Relativity Concept Inventory (GRCI), an educational instrument designed to test for conceptual understanding of General Relativity. Data were collected for the study by having 26 participants from General Relativity courses work through the questions on the GRCI. Interviews…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Physics, Science Tests, Thinking Skills
Amy D. Robertson; Lisa M. Goodhew; Lauren C. Bauman; Brynna Hansen; Anne T. Alesandrini – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Qualitative Methods in PER: A Critical Examination.] Identifying student ideas about particular physics topics is one of the earliest and longest-standing foci of physics education research. This paper presents a method for identifying common conceptual resources for understanding physics, using…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills, Science Tests
Lan Yang; Leheng Huang; Xianqiu Wu; Jianwen Xiong; Lei Bao; Yang Xiao – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
In physics education, a number of studies have developed assessments of teachers' knowledge of student understanding (KSU) of specific physics concepts with modified versions of existing concept inventories, in which teachers were asked to predict the popular incorrect answers from students. The results provide useful but indirect information to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
Yasuda, Jun-ichiro; Hull, Michael M.; Mae, Naohiro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
We aim to graphically analyze the depth of conceptual understanding behind the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) responses of students, focusing on three questions (questions 1, 15, and 28). In our study, we created and implemented subquestions to clarify and quantify the students' reasoning steps in reaching their responses to the original FCI…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Visual Aids
Vy Le; Jayson M. Nissen; Xiuxiu Tang; Yuxiao Zhang; Amirreza Mehrabi; Jason W. Morphew; Hua Hua Chang; Ben Van Dusen – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
In physics education research, instructors and researchers often use research-based assessments (RBAs) to assess students' skills and knowledge. In this paper, we support the development of a mechanics cognitive diagnostic to test and implement effective and equitable pedagogies for physics instruction. Adaptive assessments using cognitive…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Diagnostic Tests
Yi Zou; Xinyu Xue; Lizhen Jin; Xiao Huang; Yanbing Li – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Developing a deeper understanding of scientific concepts is one of the primary goals of science education. To improve students' conceptual understanding, it is necessary to explore the major characteristics of their learning process. Informed by previous work on conceptual understanding, this study focuses on the concept of evaporation, exploring…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Science Instruction
Salima Aldazharova; Gulnara Issayeva; Samat Maxutov; Nuri Balta – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2024
This study investigates the performance of GPT-4, an advanced AI model developed by OpenAI, on the force concept inventory (FCI) to evaluate its accuracy, reasoning patterns, and the occurrence of false positives and false negatives. GPT-4 was tasked with answering the FCI questions across multiple sessions. Key findings include GPT-4's…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Tests, Artificial Intelligence, Problem Solving
Sakyiwaa Boateng; Sizwe J. C. Masuku – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Electricity and magnetism are fundamental areas of physics and are integral to science curricula at various educational levels. However, this area has been reported to contain several concepts that students find challenging, leading to perspectives that diverge from scientifically accepted views. This study examines the errors made by physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Costu, Fatma – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Several studies compared three different types of questions (conceptual, algorithmic, and graphical) across various topics, however, few focused specifically on gifted students. This study addressed this gap. The aim of the study, hence, was to determine whether there were notable differences in gifted students' performance in the three types of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Concept Formation, Algorithms, Graphs
Florian Budimaier; Martin Hopf – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Although there has been extensive research on students' understanding of the particulate nature of matter (PNM), there is still a lack of research on contexts that can be used to teach this challenging topic. In a previous design-based research study, the authors developed a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) on the PNM in the context of crystal…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Science Instruction
Kristin Kellar; Paula Heron – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Dual-process theories of reasoning suggest that humans reason using two processes often referred to as process 1 (heuristic) and process 2 (analytic). When presented with a situation requiring any sort of reasoning or decision making, process 1 automatically engages and generates an initial mental model to address the situation. Process 2 may or…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation
Schermerhorn, Benjamin P.; Corsiglia, Giaco; Sadaghiani, Homeyra; Passante, Gina; Pollock, Steven – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
We conducted a multiyear project across three institutions to develop an instructional tutorial that supports student understanding of change of basis in quantum mechanics. Building from our previous work, we identified learning goals to guide activity development. The tutorial makes an analogy between spin-1/2 states and a Cartesian coordinate…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Quantum Mechanics
Irmak, Meltem; Inaltun, Hüseyin; Ercan-Dursun, Jale; Yanis-Kelleci, Hilal; Yuruk, Nejla – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to develop and validate a three-tier diagnostic test on work, power, and energy (WPE) concepts and (2) to identify Turkish pre-service science teachers' conceptual understanding through this test. The Work, Power, and Energy Concept Test (WPECT) was developed through interviews, read-aloud sessions, and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Tests
Achmad Samsudin; Aldi Zulfikar; Duden Saepuzaman; Andi Suhandi; Adam Hadiana Aminudin; Supriyadi Supriyadi; Bayram Costu – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
This study aims to reconstruct Grade 11 students' misconceptions about force through the Conceptual Change Model (CCM) making use of Predict, Discuss, Explain, Observe, Discuss, Explore, Explain (PDEODEE) tasks. This study was conducted using a mixedmethod approach. The participants in this study were 65 students (33 students in the experiment…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
Timothy K. Osborn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Concept inventories are widely used in physics education research, yet numerous studies show that concept inventories measure dramatically different learning gains in different demographic groups. Prior studies show that the performance gaps between demographic groups are already present in their preinstruction responses, suggesting that the…
Descriptors: Science Education, College Science, Physics, College Students