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Author: Nick Young

I am a physics and computational mathematics, science, and engineering PhD student at Michigan State University and the founder of PERbites. I'm interested in applying machine learning to analyze educational datasets and am currently studying the physics graduate school admissions process.
January 27, 2021 Nick Young

Changing grade weight can close grade gaps introductory physics

Simply reducing exams from 70 percent of the final grade to 50 makes a large difference.

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December 16, 2020 Nick Young

Earning a PhD depends more on the research environment than the student’s ability

That’s right. The research environment also matters more for publications and citations.

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December 2, 2020 Nick Young

Students aren’t using online resources to cheat as much as you may think.

Students often use online resources to learn more or because they don’t find course resources accessible.

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November 18, 2020 Nick Young

Increasing equity in your course: there’s an intervention for that

Taking a recitation period to explain that adversity in college in common may help in closing gender and ethnic grade gaps.

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October 21, 2020 Nick Young

Applying to Graduate School in PER

Its that time of year! If you plan to apply to grad school, we have some tips for you.

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September 30, 2020 Nick Young

How representative are PER studies?

Not very. The participants are whiter and wealthier than the general college population.

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September 16, 2020 Nick Young

Postdocs may develop PhD students’ skills more than faculty do

Engagement matters though. Specifically, talking about the research process and methods

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September 2, 2020 Nick Young

Helping students learn from online self-paced tools

The instructor must set the expectations why students should use the tool.

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August 19, 2020 Nick Young

Men participate more in active learning classes

Even though there were more women in the class, participation was not more equitable.

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August 5, 2020 Nick Young

Students retain conceptual knowledge longer than we think

In fact, it seems like student can retain concepts for months after the course ends.

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