Publication Date
| In 2025 | 5 |
| Since 2024 | 11 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 24 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 41 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 41 |
Descriptor
Source
| Physical Review Physics… | 41 |
Author
| Lewandowski, H. J. | 7 |
| C. F. J. Pols | 2 |
| Chandralekha Singh | 2 |
| Hoehn, Jessica R. | 2 |
| Holmes, N. G. | 2 |
| Meagan Sundstrom | 2 |
| N. G. Holmes | 2 |
| P. J. J. M. Dekkers | 2 |
| Pollard, Benjamin | 2 |
| Stanley, Jacob T. | 2 |
| Abygail R. Waggoner | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 41 |
| Reports - Research | 40 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 9 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 29 |
| Postsecondary Education | 26 |
| Secondary Education | 8 |
| High Schools | 6 |
| Grade 9 | 2 |
| Junior High Schools | 2 |
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Two Year Colleges | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Colorado (Boulder) | 2 |
| Croatia | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Taiwan | 2 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Oregon | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkEder Hernandez; Esmeralda Campos; Pablo Barniol; Genaro Zavala – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Electricity and magnetism are fundamentally interconnected, as represented by the symmetry in Maxwell's equations. Much of the research on Gauss's and Ampere's laws has focused on their application in calculating electric or magnetic fields. However, there remains a significant gap in the literature in exploring these laws in a broader…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Energy, Magnets, Scientific Principles
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
Mary Jane Brundage; David E. Meltzer; Chandralekha Singh – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
We use a validated conceptual multiple-choice survey instrument focusing on thermodynamic processes and the first and second laws of thermodynamics at the level of introductory physics to investigate the problem-property dependence of introductory and advanced student responses to introductory thermodynamics problems after traditional…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Science Process Skills, Introductory Courses, Scientific Concepts
C. F. J. Pols; P. J. J. M. Dekkers – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Acknowledgement of the limited learning outcomes in our first-year physics lab course, strikingly similar to the observed and reported issues in literature, incited renewal of the course with a focus on developing students' ability to engage in experimental physics research. The "procedural and conceptual knowledge (PACKS)…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Laboratories, Student Research, Science Process Skills
Briley L. Lewis; Abygail R. Waggoner; Emma Clarke; Alison L. Crisp; Mark Dodici; Graham M. Doskoch; Michael M. Foley; Ryan Golant; Skylar Grayson; Sahil Hegde; Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas; Charles J. Law; R. R. Lefever; Ishan Mishra; Mark Popinchalk; Sabina Sagynbayeva; Samantha L. Wong; Wei Yan; Kaitlyn L. Ingraham Dixie; K. Supriya – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Undergraduate physics and astronomy students are expected to engage with scientific literature as they begin their research careers, yet reading comprehension skills are rarely explicitly taught in major courses. We seek to determine the efficacy of a reading assignment designed to improve undergraduate astronomy (or related) majors' perceived…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Process Skills, Astronomy
Gayle Geschwind; Michael Vignal; Marcos D. Caballero; H. J. Lewandowski – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Concepts and practices surrounding measurement uncertainty are vital knowledge for physicists and are often emphasized in undergraduate physics laboratory courses. We have previously developed a research-based assessment instrument--the Survey of Physics Reasoning on Uncertainty Concepts in Experiments (SPRUCE)--to examine student proficiency with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Science Laboratories, College Science
Paul J. Emigh; Corinne A. Manogue – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Physics experts and students commonly use a variety of representations when working with partial derivatives, including symbols, graphs, and words. One especially powerful representation is the contour graph. In open-ended problem-solving interviews with nine upper-division physics students, we asked students to determine derivatives from contour…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts
C. F. J. Pols; P. J. J. M. Dekkers; M. J. de Vries – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This small-scale, qualitative study uses educational design research to explore how focusing on argumentation may contribute to students' learning to engage in inquiry independently. Understanding inquiry as the construction of a scientifically cogent argument in support of a claim may encourage students to develop personal reasons for adhering to…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Secondary School Students
Michael E. Robbins; Gabriel J. DiQuattro; Eric W. Burkholder – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection in Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research.] One of the greatest weaknesses of physics education research is the paucity of research on graduate education. While there are a growing number of investigations of graduate student degree progress and admissions, there are very few…
Descriptors: Science Education, College Science, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Wei-Zhao Shi; Chunying Zuo; Jingying Wang – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Previous research has shown that in prehigher education stages, inquiry-based teaching is not sufficient for forming a mature understanding of the nature of science (NOS). However, there is relatively little research conducted on colleges. Inquiry-based teaching should not overlook cognitive frameworks, as students' limited scientific reasoning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Active Learning, College Science
David T. Brookes; Mc Kenna Wallace; Michael Nelson; Anna Karelina; Peter Bohacek; Matthew Vonk; Eugenia Ektina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] In this paper, we describe the results of a research project whose goals were to (1) develop and implement video-based experimental investigations using the Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE) approach and (2) study how…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills, Laboratory Equipment, Science Experiments
Christof Keebaugh; Emily Marshman; Chandralekha Singh – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
We examine students' challenges in determining the number of distinct many-particle stationary states for a system of noninteracting identical particles, focusing on how these insights guided the design, validation, and evaluation of a quantum interactive learning tutorial (QuILT) to aid students' understanding. Specifically, we focus on systems…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Education, Quantum Mechanics
Walsh, Cole; Lewandowski, H. J.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Instructional labs are fundamental to an undergraduate physics curriculum, but their possible learning goals are vast with limited evidence to support any particular goal. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of labs with different goals and structures on students' critical thinking skills and views about experimentation, using an extensive…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Critical Thinking, Science Experiments
Meagan Sundstrom; L. N. Simpfendoerfer; Annie Tan; Ashley B. Heim; N. G. Holmes – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Previous work has identified that recognition from others is an important predictor of students' participation, persistence, and career intentions in physics. However, research has also found a gender bias in peer recognition in which student nominations of strong peers in their physics course disproportionately favor men over women. In this…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Recognition (Achievement), Gender Bias, Physics
Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Students sometimes learn about a model of the "scientific method" that is linear and clear cut. While this approach may have pedagogical advantages, it does not reflect how science is often done in practice. The Experimental Modeling Framework (EMF) describes the complex and iterative process of experimentation in the domain of physics,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Methodology
