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Ashleigh Leary, Paul W. Irving, and Marcos D. Caballero Citation: A. Leary, P. Irving, and M. Caballero, The difficulties associated with integrating computation into undergraduate physics., presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018, https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14812&DocID=4959. Abstract: From a department being resistant to change to students not buying into computational activities, the challenges … Continue

Shafer, Devyn, Daniela Girotti-Hernandez, and Tim Stelzer. “Evolving Study Strategies and Support Structures of Introductory Physics Students.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 20, no. 2 (September 11, 2024): 020114. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.20.020114. Abstract Students often struggle in the transition from high school to college. One component of this struggle is adjusting study habits to navigate new academic … Continue reading Evolving study strategies and

Cullen, Simon, and Daniel Oppenheimer. “Choosing to Learn: The Importance of Student Autonomy in Higher Education.” Science Advances 10, no. 29 (July 19, 2024): eado6759. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado6759. Abstract Despite strong evidence that autonomy enhances motivation and achievement, few interventions for promoting student autonomy in higher education have been developed and empirically tested. Here, we demonstrate how … Continue reading Choosing to learn: The importance of student

Benjamin M. Zwickl, Dehui Hu, Noah Finkelstein, and H. J. Lewandowski. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 020113 – Published 23 September 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020113 Abstract [This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Upper Division Physics Courses.] We review and extend existing frameworks on modeling to develop a new framework that describes model-based … Continue reading Model-based reasoning in the physics laboratory: Framework and initial results