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Student Experiences with Authentic Research in a Remote, Introductory Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Physics
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Oliver, Kristin A.; Werth, Alexandra; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Participation in undergraduate research experiences (UREs) has been identified as an important way of increasing undergraduate retention, interest, and identity within the sciences. Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been shown to have similar outcomes to UREs but can reach a larger number of students at one time and are…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Research, Scientific Research, Distance Education
Skills-Focused Lab Instruction Improves Critical Thinking Skills and Experimentation Views for All Students
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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
Investigating Undergraduate Students' Views about the Process of Experimental Physics
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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
Framework for Evaluating Statistical Models in Physics Education Research
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Aiken, John M.; De Bin, Riccardo; Lewandowski, H. J.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Across the field of education research there has been an increased focus on the development, critique, and evaluation of statistical methods and data usage due to recently created, very large datasets and machine learning techniques. In physics education research (PER), this increased focus has recently been shown through the 2019 Physical Review…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis
Assessing Student Engagement with Teamwork in an Online, Large-Enrollment Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Physics
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Werth, Alexandra; Oliver, Kristin; West, Colin G.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] Over the last decade, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been recognized as a way to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education by engaging students in authentic research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Teamwork, Science Instruction
Students' Views about Experimental Physics in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Lab Focused on Experimental Scientific Practices
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Sulaiman, Nidhal; Werth, Alexandra; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
A large-enrollment, introductory physics laboratory course at the University of Colorado Boulder has undergone a recent transformation to help students' develop lab skills and better align students' views and beliefs about experimental physics with those of expert experimental physicists through engagement with authentic scientific practices. We…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Undergraduate Student Experiences in Remote Lab Courses during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Borish, Victoria; Werth, Alexandra; Sulaiman, Nidhal; Fox, Michael F. J.; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The 2020-2021 academic year was a unique time for many instructors who had to adapt their courses to be conducted remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially challenging for physics lab courses, which usually emphasize hands-on experiments. Although many courses have now returned to in-person teaching, the possibility remains of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Using the Life Grid Interview Technique in STEM Education Research
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Rowland, Ashley A.; Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Ríos, Laura; Lewandowski, H. J.; Corwin, Lisa A. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2019
Background: Qualitative interviewing is a common tool that has been utilized by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education researchers to explore and describe the experiences of students, educators, or other educational stakeholders. Some interviewing techniques use co-creation of an artifact, such as a personal timeline,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Interviews, Undergraduate Students
Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
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Asfaw, Abraham; Blais, Alexandre; Brown, Kenneth R.; Candelaria, Jonathan; Cantwell, Christopher; Carr, Lincoln D.; Combes, Joshua; Debroy, Dripto M.; Donohue, John M.; Economou, Sophia E.; Edwards, Emily; Fox, Michael F. J.; Girvin, Steven M.; Ho, Alan; Hurst, Hilary M.; Jacob, Zubin; Johnson, Blake R.; Johnston-Halperin, Ezekiel; Joynt, Robert; Kapit, Eliot; Klein-Seetharaman, Judith; Laforest, Martin; Lewandowski, H. J.; Lynn, Theresa W.; McRae, Corey Rae H.; Merzbacher, Celia; Michalakis, Spyridon; Narang, Prineha; Oliver, William D.; Palsberg, Jens; Pappas, David P.; Raymer, Michael G.; Reilly, David J.; Saffman, Mark; Searles, Thomas A.; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.; Singh, Chandralekha – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
Contribution: A roadmap is provided for building a quantum engineering education program to satisfy U.S. national and international workforce needs. Background: The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor's level. Research Question:…
Descriptors: Program Development, Engineering Education, Labor Needs, Quantum Mechanics
Using Think-Aloud Interviews to Characterize Model-Based Reasoning in Electronics for a Laboratory Course Assessment
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Ríos, Laura; Pollard, Benjamin; Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics describes the process by which physicists revise their models to account for the newly acquired observations, or change their apparatus to better represent their models when they encounter discrepancies…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Interviews, Logical Thinking, Electronics
Remote Advanced Lab Course: A Case Study Analysis of Open-Ended Projects
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Hoehn, Jessica R.; Fox, Michael F. J.; Werth, Alexandra; Borish, Victoria; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
The rapid transition to remote teaching in the spring of 2020 posed particular challenges for laboratory courses, which often involve students working hands-on with equipment in collaborative environments. Replicating in-person experiments was especially challenging for advanced lab courses that utilize specialized apparatus, which could not be…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Science Laboratories, Physics, Science Instruction
Framework of Goals for Writing in Physics Lab Classes
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Hoehn, Jessica R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Writing is an integral part of the process of science. In the undergraduate physics curriculum, the most common place that students engage with scientific writing is in lab classes, typically through lab notebooks, reports, and proposals. There has not been much research on why and how we include writing in physics lab classes, and instructors may…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Content Area Writing, Physics, Undergraduate Students
Impacts on Student Learning, Confidence, and Affect in a Remote, Large-Enrollment, Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Physics
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Werth, Alexandra; West, Colin G.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Over the last decade, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been recognized as a way to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education by engaging students in authentic discovery. CUREs have been shown to have positive benefits similar to traditional undergraduate research experiences;…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Investigating the Role of Socially Mediated Metacognition during Collaborative Troubleshooting of Electric Circuits
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Van De Bogart, Kevin L.; Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Lewandowski, H. J.; Stetzer, MacKenzie R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Developing students' ability to troubleshoot is an important learning outcome for many undergraduate physics lab courses, especially electronics courses. In other work, metacognition has been identified as an important feature of troubleshooting. However, that work has focused primarily on "individual" students' metacognitive processes…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Troubleshooting, Physics, Science Instruction
Alternative Model for Administration and Analysis of Research-Based Assessments
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Wilcox, Bethany R.; Zwickl, Benjamin M.; Hobbs, Robert D.; Aiken, John M.; Welch, Nathan M.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Research-based assessments represent a valuable tool for both instructors and researchers interested in improving undergraduate physics education. However, the historical model for disseminating and propagating conceptual and attitudinal assessments developed by the physics education research (PER) community has not resulted in widespread adoption…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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