To use g or not to use g? That is the question.

June 6, 2018 Nick Young

To use g or not to use g? That is the question.

Normalized gain, g, has been the standard statistic in PER for the past two decades, but its statistical properties haven’t been explored until recently.

May 23, 2018 Nick Young

The Original Case for Active Learning

Arguably one of the most significant papers in physics education, this paper gave strong evidence in favor of active learning over traditional lecture courses.

May 9, 2018 Nick Young

What’s DAT? A new approach to departmental change

DATs are a new way to create long-term, sustainable changes in an academic department.

April 25, 2018 Nick Young

What can explain the gender gap on conceptual inventories?

Men score better than women do on physics conceptual inventories and the reasons aren’t straightforward.

April 11, 2018 Nick Young

What do students think about experimental physics?

Lecture courses have been extensively studied but lab courses have not been. Are students developing the beliefs we would expect them to in lab courses?

March 29, 2018 Nick Young

What do students think will happen to the universe?

Students learn astronomy informally through various forms of media. How does this inform their ideas about the fate of universe?

March 15, 2018 Nick Young

Can Math Tutorials Improve Physics Grades?

Math is essential to solving physics problems. Does improving students’ math skills help them do better in physics?

March 5, 2018 Nick Young

Maybe students can complete introductory physics and still have a positive view of physics

Traditional lecture courses leave students with more negative attitudes about physics when they finish the course than when they begin. Modeling Instruction may be different.

March 1, 2018 Nick Young

What makes a physics problem similar to another: professors vs students

It may be obvious that physics professors and introductory students solve physics problems differently. However, how they differ may not be so obvious.

February 28, 2018 Nick Young

Why choose physics over another science?

Physics and Chemistry are similar in terms of prerequisites, difficulty, and admission standards. So why do more women chose chemistry instead of physics?