Physics labs can be done with physical equipment or done virtually. It appears each has its own benefits.
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A Study in Stereotypes: What People Think of Physicists vs. Biologists
What do people think of scientists? A group of physics and psychology researchers teamed up to identify stereotypes about physicists and biologists in order to refine what stereotypes are held about not only science as a whole, but specifically the field of physics.
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Will I get worse student evaluations if I switch to active learning? Probably not.
Many instructors fear that switching from lecture to active learning will result in worse student evaluations. That doesn’t appear to be the case.
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Happy Birthday PERbites! A look back on the year.
A whole year of making physics education research accessible.
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This title is like an analogy; it should explain this post but it really doesn’t.
Analogies are used all of the time in physics education. But what makes a good analogy?
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That’s no schematic, it’s a power box
Today’s post introduces a new type of representation for understanding circuits, the power box with multiple examples.
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Hey instructors, your beliefs can affect students’ grades (and not in a positive way)
Minority students in classes with fixed-mindset instructors do worse than in classes with growth-mindset instructors.
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Is taking notes on paper better than taking notes on a computer? Y- Maybe?
Prior work has claimed that taking notes by hand is better than on a computer but this claim doesn’t appear to hold up.
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The more decimals, the more confusion
As more decimal places are shown in data, high school students seem less able to draw correct conclusions.
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Who feels more capable of doing physics: women with “A”s or men with “C”s? The answer probably won’t surprise you.
Yep, women who perform the same as men perform don’t feel they are as capable of doing physics.
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