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Michael E. Robbins; Nathan D. Davis; Eric W. Burkholder – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
There is currently little physics education literature examining thinking and learning in graduate education and even less literature characterizing problem solving among physics graduate students despite this being an essential professional skill for physicists. Given reports of discrepancies between physics problem solving in the undergraduate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Graduate Students, Physics, Science Instruction
Fabian Kieser; Peter Wulff; Jochen Kuhn; Stefan Küchemann – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Generative AI technologies such as large language models show novel potential to enhance educational research. For example, generative large language models were shown to be capable of solving quantitative reasoning tasks in physics and concept tests such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). Given the importance of such concept inventories for…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software
Dahlkemper, Merten Nikolay; Lahme, Simon Zacharias; Klein, Pascal – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This study aimed at evaluating how students perceive the linguistic quality and scientific accuracy of ChatGPT responses to physics comprehension questions. A total of 102 first- and second-year physics students were confronted with three questions of progressing difficulty from introductory mechanics (rolling motion, waves, and fluid dynamics).…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software
Khaleel Al-Said; Nidal Amarin; Lyubov Krasnova – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study aims to determine how the use of virtual reality impacts physics students, their knowledge, and the quality of training. The study involved 116 students aged 17-19. The main purpose is to explore the effect that VR technology has on students' knowledge and motivation. As per usual, the students were divided into two research groups:…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Student Motivation
Álvaro Suárez; Arturo C. Marti; Kristina Zuza; Jenaro Guisasola – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
We investigate learning difficulties among second-year students in electromagnetism courses when they apply Ampère-Maxwell's law. Using phenomenography, we analyzed written answers from 65 undergraduate physics students to four questions on Ampère's and Ampère-Maxwell's laws. We complemented our research by interviewing 12 students. To design the…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Undergraduate Students, Energy, Magnets
Kelly Miller; Tobias Espinosa; Ives Araujo; Isaura Gallegos – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Self-efficacy is an important measure in science education as it is predictive of persistence and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and is an influential factor in students' decisions to major in STEM fields. It is unclear what effect active teaching strategies have on students' self-efficacy, which is…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Physics, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Muhammad Aswin Rangkuti; Ricardo Karam – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Despite its crucial importance in physics, there are not many studies focusing on student difficulties and teaching strategies related to the (1D) wave equation in the PER literature. In order to contribute to fill this gap, we conducted a study with university students which focused on specific aspects that are crucial for understanding this…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
Nthoesele Hlaela; Loyiso C. Jita – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is considered an important ingredient in shaping classroom practice. PCK requires valid measurement at domain-specific level on different components excluding the teaching context. While the research focuses on measuring the PCK of unqualified teachers and pre-service teachers, the description of qualified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Secondary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Anne van der Linden; Ralph F. G. Meulenbroeks; Wouter R. van Joolingen – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Research on cognitive effects of educational games in general shows promising results. However, there are large variations in learning outcomes between individual educational games. Research on the design process and different design elements of educational games has led to some interesting directions, but some design aspects remain…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Mechanics (Physics), Educational Games, Science Education
Zerihun Anibo Cashata; Desta Gebeyehu Seyoum; Fikadu Eshetu Gashaw – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2023
The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of Jigsaw-4 problem-solving instruction on preservice physics teachers' (PSPT) problem-solving skills in the college of teacher education in the Southern nation nationality region of Ethiopia. The study involves 136 first-year PSPTs who are attending their preservice teacher education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Physics, Science Instruction
Burkholder, Eric W.; Murillo-Gonzalez, Gabriel; Wieman, Carl – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Previous work has looked at the relationship between high school preparation and student performance in calculus-based introductory mechanics (physics 1) courses. Here, we extend that work to look at performance in introductory calculus-based electricity and magnetism (physics 2), and we look at the significance of what college math courses have…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Calculus
Chattopadhyay, Tanay – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2022
In this article, simple models of optical computing circuits (1 x 4 demultiplexer (DEMUX), 4 x 1 multiplexer (MUX), Boolean logic, and half-adder (HA)) are shown with mechanically controlled plane mirrors. Photographs of the proposed computational circuits are also shown. It is very useful for the school student to understand optical logic and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Optics, Computation, Science Activities
Neuenschwander, Dwight E. – Physics Teacher, 2020
Previous generations of physics students learned how common machines work, as evidenced by their textbook illustrations. Such understanding of machines that daily life depends on seems to be evaporating. In response, for two decades I have conducted an introductory physics "engine cadaver lab." It offers opportunities for hands-on…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Physics, Science Instruction, Class Activities
Yanrou Wen; Jiabei Lin; Yue Ming; Junpeng Zhang; Xianqiu Wu; Lei Bao; Keke Yu; Yang Xiao – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Misconceptions coexisting with scientific understanding pose significant challenges in physics education. Inhibitory control may enable individuals to overcome interference from misconceptions. However, discerning the role of inhibitory control becomes intricate when the saliency of scientific- and misconception-related features varies in a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Motion
Obaya-Valdivia, Adolfo Eduardo; Osorio, Carlos Montaño; Rodríguez, Yolanda Marina Vargas – Online Submission, 2022
This paper seeks to evaluate learning based on the competency approach, taking a didactic experience to evaluate a possible improvement in the ability to solve problems and for autonomous learning in general. For the didactic development, the theme "gases" was taken, which is generally enunciated: Corpuscular kinetic theory of matter;…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Chemistry, Physics, Science Instruction