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Tong, Dazhen; Liu, Jia; Sun, Yechao; Liu, Qiaoyi; Zhang, Xiangqun; Pan, Sudong; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Work and mechanical energy is a fundamental topic in introductory physics. Studies in existing literature have shown that students have difficulties in understanding work and mechanical energy, particularly the topic of work-energy theorem. To study students' knowledge integration in learning work and mechanical energy, a conceptual framework…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Tong Tong; Feipeng Pi; Siyan Zheng; Yi Zhong; Xiaochun Lin; Yajun Wei – Research in Science Education, 2025
Students' success in physics problem-solving extends beyond conceptual knowledge of physics, relying significantly on their mathematics skills. Understanding the specific contributions of different mathematics skills to physics problem-solving can offer valuable insights for enhancing physics education. Yet such studies are rare, particularly at…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Physics, Problem Solving, Science Instruction
Yajun Wei; Yi Zhong; Feipeng Pi – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Video instruction has been widely studied and is generally considered as effective as live instruction for teaching scientific concepts and procedures. However, there is limited research on the effectiveness of prerecorded videos for teaching more challenging content. This study conducted a controlled experiment on over 300 high school students to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Video Technology, Science Instruction
Tu, Tao; Li, Chuan-Feng; Zhou, Zong-Quan; Guo, Guang-Can – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Upper-division physics students solve partial differential equations in various contexts in quantum mechanics courses. Separation of variables is a standard technique to solve these equations. We investigated students' solutions to midterm exam questions and utilized think-aloud interviews. We also applied a framework that organizes students'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Equations (Mathematics), Quantum Mechanics
Tu, Tao; Li, Chuan-Feng; Xu, Jin-Shi; Guo, Guang-Can – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
In the context of quantum mechanics, students are often asked to use delta functions to solve problems. Here, we investigate three typical problem-solving processes using delta functions: a delta function potential well problem, a position space delta function problem, and a momentum space delta function problem. We studied students'solutions in…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Scientific Concepts
Zou, Yi; Jin, Lizhen; Li, Yanbing; Hu, Tao – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Students' problem-solving ability depends on their understanding of related scientific concepts. Therefore, the modeling and assessment of students' understanding of specific scientific concepts is important to promote students' problem-solving ability, as it can find students' understanding difficulties and explore breakthrough strategies…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Student Evaluation
Tu, Tao; Li, Chuan-Feng; Xu, Jin-Shi; Guo, Guang-Can – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
In quantum mechanics courses, students are often asked to solve bound and scattering state problems. The use of an ordinary differential equation is a standard technique to solve these questions. Here, we investigated students' problem-solving processes for two typical problems of a single particle in one spatial dimension: a bound state problem…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Barriers
Jia, Zehao; Ding, Lin; Zhang, Ping – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We used a sequential synthesis problem to investigate novice teachers' conceptual difficulties in hydrodynamics. Twenty-one new secondary level physics teachers from various regions of China, who had been in service for no more than 2 years, participated in the study. Each participant completed a written hydrodynamics problem consisting of four…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Concept Formation
Xing, Hongjun; Zhai, Yanfang; Han, Sisi; Zhao, Yuping; Gong, Wenhui; Wang, Yuting; Han, Jing; Liu, Qiaoyi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Problem solving is considered one of the most critical competencies for life. However, many students may perform well in school yet cannot transfer the skills they learned in school to solve real-world problems, especially in science education. This study discusses the characteristics of the problem from the physics education perspective, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
Chen, Qingwei; Zhu, Guangtian; Liu, Qiaoyi; Han, Jing; Fu, Zhao; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Problem-solving categorization tasks have been well studied and used as an effective tool for assessment of student knowledge structure. In this study, a traditional free-response categorization test has been modified into a multiple-choice format, and the effectiveness of this new assessment is evaluated. Through randomized testing with Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Solving
Li, Qiuye; Xu, Shaorui; Chen, Yilin; Lu, Chuting; Zhou, Shaona – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
In science education, it is vital for teachers to consider students' academic and emotional needs. Teachers' prediction of students' learning states has been commonly regarded as an indicator to measure that competence to understand students. This study aimed to explore the outcome and the process of prediction to reflect teachers' pedagogical…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Attention Control, Preservice Teachers, Prediction
Dai, Rui; Fritchman, Joseph C.; Liu, Qiaoyi; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Haibo; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Light interference is an essential topic for understanding the wavelike nature of light, however, there are limited studies on modeling and assessing students' misconceptions and learning difficulties in this area. Based on the knowledge integration modeling approach, a conceptual framework for light interference is developed and used to model…
Descriptors: Light, Comprehension, Scientific Concepts, Physics
Zhu, Guangtian; Wang, Jue – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Students' categorization of physics problems reflects their expertise in problem solving. We conducted a pseudolongitudinal study to investigate the development of students' categorization ability. Over 250 Chinese students from grade 10 to grade 12 were asked to categorize 20 problems of kinematics and mechanics into suitable categories based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Classification, Expertise
Li, Lie-Ming; Li, Bin; Luo, Ying – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
We modified the Just-in-Time Teaching approach and developed a dual safeguard web-based interactive (DGWI) teaching system for an introductory physics course. The system consists of four instructional components that improve student learning by including warm-up assignments and online homework. Student and instructor activities involve activities…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, Surveys, Teacher Student Relationship
Liu, Xiaolai; Li, Qun; Gao, Jiangtao – Higher Education Studies, 2011
For the students who have just entered colleges, learning university physics would be a challenge. This paper discusses how to make students who have just finished senior high school physics won't feel difficult in learning university physics and how to guide and cultivate the students' interest in the study of physics so to stimulate the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Physics, College Students, Difficulty Level
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