You seem like a physicist

November 7, 2018 Nick Young

You seem like a physicist

Explicitly and implicitly recognizing students as physicists can help them identify as physicists.

October 24, 2018 Nick Young

How far is far? Investigating students’ knowledge about distance to astronomical objects

Students are often unfamiliar with sizes and distances of astronomical objects. Today’s study compares student knowledge about this topic at different educational levels.

October 10, 2018 Nick Young

Not enough variation to explain the gender gap

The men and women earn equal STEM grades but men have higher variability in those grades. This isn’t enough to explain why there are more men in STEM.

October 3, 2018 PERbites

Welcome and Updates

Welcome to the new site!

September 26, 2018 Nick Young

What matters when applying to graduate school and how it impacts diversity

Physics is less diverse than other physical sciences. Do graduate school admission processes contribute to this?

September 12, 2018 Nick Young

Extra! Extra! Physics labs seem to be extra.

Labs have been a standard part of the physics curriculum. Today’s paper suggests that labs don’t help students develop physics knowledge beyond what is already covered in other parts of the course.

August 29, 2018 Nick Young

Transitioning between tables, equations, and graphs (oh my!) in physics and math

Using multiple representations is central to the study of physics. Today we look at how well students can change between representations of linear functions.

August 15, 2018 Nick Young

Paper or Pla– Electronic For Conceptual Inventories

There is only so much class time during a semester which may make it difficult to incorporate research based assessments. Can we just give them online?