Learning environment

March 29, 2023 Ya-Wen Chuang

Want to address inequities in your class? There’s an app for that!

To promote equity, teachers need to know what kinds of inequities exist in their classrooms and to what extent.

September 14, 2022 Ya-Wen Chuang

How to promote intergroup student interaction in an introductory lab

By directly prompting students to interact and incorporating open-ended tasks, lab instructors can increase intergroup student interaction to improve students’ learning.

February 17, 2021 Nick Young

Escaping the “Covering Content” Narrative

If you want to make your course learner-centered, we have some ideas.

March 4, 2020 Nick Young

Online vs live physics demonstrations: does it make a difference?

Students enjoy online demos just as much as live demos, but may learn more from online demos.

February 19, 2020 Nick Young

If you are reading this during class, you are inhibiting a peer’s learning

Those sitting near someone on their laptop scored 17% lower on a test than those sitting near someone taking notes

January 22, 2020 Nick Young

What type of instruction do student expect in their intro STEM courses?

If you guessed lecture, you would be correct. However, students also expect some non-lecturing.

November 14, 2019 Emily Kerr

Students Like Active Learning Less-But Learn More

Even though students learn more in active learning environments, students still feel they learn more in traditional lecture settings.

May 1, 2019 Nick Young

Sexual harassment is a problem in physics

75% of undergraduate women in physics report experiencing some form of sexual harassment.

April 24, 2019 Nick Young

Virtual Labs vs Physical Labs: does it matter?

Physics labs can be done with physical equipment or done virtually. It appears each has its own benefits.

February 13, 2019 Nick Young

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.