O. Levrini, M. Levin, and P. Fantini, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (2), 020154 (2020).
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] The overarching goal of this paper is to illustrate the interplay between theory, design…
K. Rainey, M. Vignal, and B. Wilcox, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (2), 020113 (2020).
Though several conceptual inventories have been developed for thermal physics, none target upper-division material and all focus specifically on thermodynamics without including…
K. Rainey, M. Vignal, and B. Wilcox, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 18 (2), 020116 (2022).
Currently there are no assessment instruments available for upper-division thermal physics, though several introductory assessments are currently available. Notably missing from…
J. Laverty, A. Sirnoorkar, A. Jambuge, K. Rainey, J. Weaver, A. Adamson, and B. Wilcox, PERC 2022 Proceedings, 279-284.
Research based assessments have a productive and storied history in PER. While useful for conducting research on student learning, their utility is limited for instructors interested…
E. Stump, M. Dew, S. Jeon, and N. Holmes, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 19 (1), 010107 (2023).
Prior research has indicated that students in the undergraduate physics lab divide work inequitably with regard to gender. In this work, we further probed women’s experiences in lab…
N. Crossette, L. Carr, and B. Wilcox, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 19 (1), 010106 (2023).
Social network analysis (SNA) has been gaining traction as a technique for quantitatively studying student collaboration. We analyze networks, constructed from student self-reports…
K. Thompson, J. Chmielewski, M. Gaines, C. Hrycyna, and W. LaCourse, CBE Life. Sci. Educ., 12 (2), 162-169 (2013).
The National Experiment in Undergraduate Science Education project (NEXUS) funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a direct response to the Scientific Foundations for Future…
E. Redish, C. Bauer, K. Carleton, T. Cooke, M. Cooper, C. Crouch, B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, J. Giannini, J. Gouvea, M. Klymkowsky, W. Losert, K. Moore, J. Presson, V. Sawtelle, K. Thompson, C. Turpen, and R. Zia, Am. J. Phys., 82 (5), 368-377 (2014).
In response to increasing calls for the reform of the undergraduate science curriculum for life science majors and pre-medical students (Bio2010, Scientific Foundations for Future…
