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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Physics Education Research"”.
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"Concept" and "Context": Toward modelling understanding in Physics Education research
"Context sensitivity" is a core issue in physics education research (PER). Why does student understanding of a concept depend so crucially on the context in which it is embedded? This dissertation attempts to answer this question by using a variety of theoretical tools to model understanding. We …
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Gender Equity in Physics Education: Framing the Future of Physics Education Research in Canada
… is to determine if and how the field of physics education research (PER) in Canada is addressing issues of gender inequity in physics education, and to develop an expert knowledge-based framework to guide Canada’s ongoing PER to increase gender equity in physics education. Three separate …
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First year students' understanding of measurements in physics laboratory work
Recent collaborative work by the physics education research group at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the science education research group at the University of York (United Kingdom) has produced a suite of research instruments which may be used to probe the procedural understanding of …
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Physics Education: Understanding the Barriers for Young Women in Ontario
… all countries of the world, at every level of education, physics as a field of science is failing to recruit and retain women. This phenomenon is believed to relate to girls’ educational experiences from K-12, but the reasons for the gender gap in physics are not fully understood. The purpose …
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Artifact-based reflective interviews for identifying pragmatic epistemological resources
<p>Physics Education Research studies the science of teaching and learning physics. The process of student learning is complex, and the factors that affect it are numerous. Describing students' understanding of physics knowledge and reasoning is the basis for much productive research; however, such …
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More than just "plug-and-chug": Exploring how physics students make sense with equations
Although a large part the Physics Education Research (PER) literature investigates students' conceptual understanding in physics, these investigations focus on qualitative, conceptual reasoning. Even in modeling expert problem solving, attention to conceptual understanding means a focus on initial …
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Picturing the physics behind equations and graphs: a grounded cognition based model for multimedia learning and its application in physics education
… thesis tries to answer a fundamental question in physics education: How does the design of instructional representations affect the process of constructing physics knowledge? This question is important for the creation of instructional materials of any form, ranging from printed textbooks to …
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Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties with the Source-Field Relationship using Tutorials in Upper-Division Electromagnetism
… generalize the source-field relationship. This research is providing the beginnings of a research base for the creation and development of several tutorials in Tutorials in Physics: Electrodynamics, a set of worksheets for use in upper-division electromagnetism courses.
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Beyond "flipping the classroom": Behavioral, cognitive, and socioemotional aspects of learning in college physics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Tools for underprepared students in engineering physics with a focus on online mastery learning exercises
… entering college with very little or poor physics background, the transition into fast-paced calculus based physics courses at a large university can be demanding; this thesis documents tools used in a preparatory course which is intended to ease that transition by teaching fundamental …
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Identifying and building on learning assistants’ resources for taking up constructivism-aligned teaching practices
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Cultivating adaptive expertise in the introductory physics laboratory
Introductory physics labs are promising spaces for students to develop their abilities to creatively and independently solve research problems. However, many introductory labs focus their efforts on using experiments to demonstrate concepts from lecture, sacrificing student agency to ensure that …