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Chandralekha Singh
(Note by Diane Riendeau, Column Editor for "For the New Teacher" of The Physics Teacher Journal): I believe that most teachers develop a belief in a set of pedagogical practices. As we teach, we try different ways to teach topics and then judge how successful the methods were. After several years, we have a compilation…
Martina Caramaschi, Tor Ole B. Odden
This study explores the thematic evolution of articles in The Physics Teacher and Physics Education journals, over a critical period in modern history, from the Cold War era to the pre-pandemic world (1966 - 2019). Using an NLP-based inductive topic modeling approach, we identify recurring themes that have shaped the…
Yousef Bisabr
We argue that most advances in science and technology during the past and the present centuries rely on modern physics concepts developed in the early 20th century. The reliance is so profound that any improvement of literacy of science and technology falters in the absence of those concepts in physics education.…
Lorna Uden, Fauziah Sulaiman, Gregory S. Ching, Jeffry Juan Rosales Jr.
For many students, learning physics is difficult because of its abstractness. To help students to learn physics, we have developed the Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Projects Based Learning (STEM-PjBL) method based on principles from neuroscience. We believe that incorporating principles…
Donisha D. Smith, Jessica E. Bartley, Julio A. Peraza, Katherine L. Bottenhorn + 9 more
Academic institutions are increasingly adopting active learning methods to enhance educational outcomes. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated neurobiological differences between active learning and traditional lecture-based approaches in university physics education. Undergraduate…
Selma Korlat, Marlene Kollmayer, Christian Haider, Helmut Hlavacs + 3 more
In the last few decades, there is a consistent growth of engineering and technical industry. Consequently, the importance of skills, as well as the earning potential of careers in physics and related STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields is increasing (). Nevertheless, data consistently shows…
Enzo Bonacci
In the Italian education system, secondary students (ages 14-19) are confronted with the foundations of quantum physics during the final term of scientific high school (pre-university year). The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (acronym MIUR) has remarked its importance in the syllabus to address…
Nicholus Gumisirizah, Joseph Nzabahimana, Charles M. Muwonge
In response to global demands, Uganda’s Vision 2040 seeks to transform the country into a modern and prosperous nation by implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, focusing on equitable and quality education. The 21st-century workforce requires individuals who can effectively navigate complex workplace…
Gumisirizah Nicholus, Charles Magoba Muwonge, Nzabahimana Joseph
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centered method in which complex real-world problems are used to stimulate students thinking and problem-solving abilities during the teaching and learning process. This systematic review aimed to reveal the role of the PBL approach in teaching and learning physics. Relevant…
Samina Masood
Physics community is generally concerned about the decrease in Physics enrollment. Due to the deficiency of specially qualified Physics teachers, high school Physics is sometimes taught by general science teachers who may not be trained to motivate students to study Physics. These students will neither be inclined to…
Shachar Boublil, David Blair, David F. Treagust
The most famous equation in physics, E = mc2, is rarely introduced in middle school physics curricula. Recent research has shown that teaching Einsteinian concepts at the middle school level is feasible and beneficial. This paper analyses an Einsteinian energy teaching module for Year 8 students (13-14 years old)…
Jessica E. Bartley, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo, Katherine L. Bottenhorn + 6 more
Physics is a challenging academic pursuit in which university students regularly struggle to achieve success. Female students tend to perform negatively on introductory physics conceptual assessments compared to their male peers; however, active-learning classroom curricula are known to broadly improve performance on…
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A more practical solution to aid medical physicists in improving teaching abilities, I believe, is for medical physicists to be exposed to various teaching methods through the continuing education process and, even more important, to be willing to adopt new models to our teaching repertoire. The most valuable time we…
Vera Montalbano, Roberto Benedetti, E. Mariotti, Maria Alessandra Mariotti + 1 more
'Maria Alessandra Mariotti' 'Antonella Porri'] A difficult challenge in physics education is to design professional development programs for teachers, which can lead to fundamental changes in their practice. We report all activities for physics teachers in the context of the National Plan for Scientific Degrees in…
P Sprawls
There is a significant need for high-quality medical physics education and training in all countries to support effective and safe use of modern medical technology for both diagnostic and treatment purposes. This is, and will continue to be, achieved using appropriate technology to increase both the effectiveness and…
T. Kaur, Magdalena Kersting, D. G. Blair, Kyla Adams + 9 more
'David F. Treagust' 'Jesse Santoso' 'Anastasia Popkova' 'Shon Boublil' 'Marjan Zadnik' 'L. Ju' 'David Wood' 'Elaine Horne' 'Darren McGoran'] There has been a growing realisation that school science curricula do not adequately reflect the revolutionary changes in our scientific understanding of the 20th century. This…
S. Hackler, T. Goel, J. Pacis, E.-M. S. Collins
Biophysical research is both exciting and challenging. It is exciting because physical approaches to biology can provide novel insights, and it is challenging because it requires knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines. We have developed an undergraduate biophysical laboratory module that is accessible to both…
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For decades, molecular visualization software has been fundamental to education and research in chemistry, structural biology, and materials science. These tools have enabled the inspection of structures, dynamics, and interactions, yet their reliance on two-dimensional (2D) interfaces imposes persistent limitations.…
Abootaleb Sedighi, Tudor Radu, Qirat Ashraf, Balmiki Kumar + 3 more
We developed the Interdisciplinary Science Program in Research and Entrepreneurship (INSPIRE) to address the changing career landscape that students with an interest in Physical Chemistry, Biophysics and Biochemistry face. Third and fourth-year undergraduate Chemistry and Physics students participated in a 4-week…
David Thompson, Johan Gielis
Our understanding of quantum phenomena often begins with simple particle-in-a-box style problems, the solutions of which introduce the student to foundational quantum concepts such as degeneracy and quantization. Simple model geometries of confinement afford analytic solutions, which are readily derivable, easily…
Tristan S. Yates, Shannon Yasuda, Ilker Yildirim
How we perceive the physical world is not only organized in terms of objects, but also structured in time as sequences of events. This is especially evident in intuitive physics, with temporally bounded dynamics such as falling, occlusion, and bouncing demarcating the continuous flow of sensory inputs. While the…
Mustafa Demir, Sean M. Leahy, Punya Mishra, Chun Kit Chen + 1 more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be easily integrated into virtual education to drive adaptive instruction and real-time constructive feedback to students, offering a possible conduit for fostering discovery curiosity in learners. This study examines and characterizes Human-AI-Teaming (HAT) coordination dynamics to…
Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Roland Lindh, Markus Reiher
To date, the program for the development of methods and models for atomistic and continuum simulation directed toward chemicals and materials has reached an incredible degree of sophistication and maturity. Currently, one can witness an increasingly rapid emergence of advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and…
Andrew McCluskey, Miguel Rivera, Antonia Mey
The role of computing in the chemical sciences is changing. Previously the domain of the theoretical or computational chemist, advanced digital skills, including data analysis and simulation, are becoming extremely relevant to all. Here, we discuss the importance of integrating computing and digital skills into an…
Simon Bennie, Kara Ranaghan, Helen Deeks, Heather Goldsmith + 3 more
The reemergence of virtual reality (VR) in the last few years has led to affordable commodity hardware that can offer new ways to teach, communicate and engage with difficult concepts, especially those which involve complicated 3D motion and spatial manipulation. In a higher education context, these immersive…
Hiroko Satoh, Akira Narita, Atsushi Aoki, Katsuhito Akahane + 1 more
Virtual reality technology has been recently more intensively applied in chemistry. HaptiChem, which was developed in 2006, is one of the systems appeared in the early stage of this field. It is an intermolecular force display system, which makes it possible to touch and move molecules as feeling intermolecular force…
Dave Micklos, Lindsay Barone
The discussion of American science education is often framed by the questions: Why do American precollege students do poorly on international science assessments and what we are doing wrong? Rather we need to ask: Why do so many international students come to US universities for science, what are we doing right in…