Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.hatcher
Chase Hatcher, E. Price, P. Smith, C. Turpen, Eric Brewe
We analyze the results of two surveys administered to a Faculty Online Learning Community teaching a common physics curriculum designed primarily for pre-service elementary teachers. We use Social Network Analysis to represent the faculty network and compare members’ closeness, a measure of how closely connected a person is with every other person in their network, to their reported experience in the community. We find that participants’ self-efficacy, as well as their teaching and sense of benefitting from the community, are predictors of their centrality in the network as measured by closeness with other participants
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Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.fox
M. F. Fox, Simon Bland, S. Mangles, James McGinty
A common goal of undergraduate physics laboratory classes is for students to gain experience in the ways of thinking like an experimental physicist when designing experiments, taking measurements, performing analysis, and communicating results. Whether or not students actually develop more expert-like ways of thinking by the end of their degree remains an outstanding question. In this work, we describe a longitudinal study to answer that question using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS). As a preliminary exercise, we make explicit our expectations for the results of the longitudinal study, so that in the future we may critically analyse the results while being conscious of our own biases.
{"title":"Expectations of how student views on experimental physics develop during an undergraduate degree","authors":"M. F. Fox, Simon Bland, S. Mangles, James McGinty","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.pr.fox","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.fox","url":null,"abstract":"A common goal of undergraduate physics laboratory classes is for students to gain experience in the ways of thinking like an experimental physicist when designing experiments, taking measurements, performing analysis, and communicating results. Whether or not students actually develop more expert-like ways of thinking by the end of their degree remains an outstanding question. In this work, we describe a longitudinal study to answer that question using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS). As a preliminary exercise, we make explicit our expectations for the results of the longitudinal study, so that in the future we may critically analyse the results while being conscious of our own biases.","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134297376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.sachmpazidi
Diana Sachmpazidi, C. Turpen, Robert P. Dalka
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Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.taylor
Joine� Taylor, Z. Hazari, Idaykis Rodriguez, G. Potvin, Miguel Rodriguez
While some students successfully navigate normative practices associated with physics instruction, physics educators have argued that many students encounter barriers that lead to undesirable learning outcomes. The reasons for such learning outcomes in physics are multifaceted, with increasing attention being placed on shifting traditional pedagogical practices that limit student participation or promote more factual knowledge over knowledge construction processes. In addition, some active learning practices may also be insufficient for students to leverage personal resources (ideational) and environmental resources (material and relational). By inhibiting epistemic agency, practices that limit the leveraging of such resources have been associated with learning barriers which, we argue, engenders a form of injustice we describe as “Epistemic Injustice”. In this paper, we use the framework of Epistemic Injustice to analyze small group interactions in an introductory physics classroom. Through a process we call “Epistemic Resource Negotiation”, an episode of video-recorded data of student group work in a Modeling Physics course is examined. In our analysis, we focus on instructional practices to identify epistemic resources and how they are negotiated and accessed in ways that inhibit or afford agency. Our work presents an analytical method that may be used to understand how to move toward more equitable pedagogical practices.
{"title":"Studying pedagogical practices in physics through the lens of epistemic (in)justice","authors":"Joine� Taylor, Z. Hazari, Idaykis Rodriguez, G. Potvin, Miguel Rodriguez","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.pr.taylor","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.taylor","url":null,"abstract":"While some students successfully navigate normative practices associated with physics instruction, physics educators have argued that many students encounter barriers that lead to undesirable learning outcomes. The reasons for such learning outcomes in physics are multifaceted, with increasing attention being placed on shifting traditional pedagogical practices that limit student participation or promote more factual knowledge over knowledge construction processes. In addition, some active learning practices may also be insufficient for students to leverage personal resources (ideational) and environmental resources (material and relational). By inhibiting epistemic agency, practices that limit the leveraging of such resources have been associated with learning barriers which, we argue, engenders a form of injustice we describe as “Epistemic Injustice”. In this paper, we use the framework of Epistemic Injustice to analyze small group interactions in an introductory physics classroom. Through a process we call “Epistemic Resource Negotiation”, an episode of video-recorded data of student group work in a Modeling Physics course is examined. In our analysis, we focus on instructional practices to identify epistemic resources and how they are negotiated and accessed in ways that inhibit or afford agency. Our work presents an analytical method that may be used to understand how to move toward more equitable pedagogical practices.","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124514793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.sherriffs
Dena Izadi, Isabella Gennuso, M. Sherriffs
Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) is recognized as a valuable tool for generating actionable research and improving educational practices by involving practitioners and researchers in both research and the implementation of research findings. However, creating and maintaining such partnerships is challenging; it requires time and financial resources, and a team with diverse expertise and high commitment. Despite their wide recognition in educational fields, RPPs are under-studied in physics education research and literature in informal physics programs is sparse. In this paper, we present a case study of RPP between a physics education researcher and an informal physics practitioner. We describe the development and maintenance of this partnership and use qualitative and ethnographic methods to investigate practitioner-driven concerns about self-evaluation practices and attendance in the program under study, an informal conference for physics teachers. We found evidence that surveys and ethnographic interviews provided complementary data: surveys allowed the practitioner to learn about their audience’s motivations, needs, and perception of the program’s value. Ethnographic interviews were particularly useful as a means to elicit actionable ideas for how conference organizers might better support teacher attendance. In addition, participating in the RPP provided the practitioner with skills that they can carry forward into their future assessment work and yielded actionable insights beneficial to both practitioner and audience. Our experience suggests that RPPs in informal physics spaces face many of the same challenges as those conducted in formal education settings, and that best practices documented for formal education RPPs will also be of benefit to them.
{"title":"You pick my brain and I'll pick yours: a pilot case study of research-practice partnership in an informal physics space","authors":"Dena Izadi, Isabella Gennuso, M. Sherriffs","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.pr.sherriffs","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.sherriffs","url":null,"abstract":"Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) is recognized as a valuable tool for generating actionable research and improving educational practices by involving practitioners and researchers in both research and the implementation of research findings. However, creating and maintaining such partnerships is challenging; it requires time and financial resources, and a team with diverse expertise and high commitment. Despite their wide recognition in educational fields, RPPs are under-studied in physics education research and literature in informal physics programs is sparse. In this paper, we present a case study of RPP between a physics education researcher and an informal physics practitioner. We describe the development and maintenance of this partnership and use qualitative and ethnographic methods to investigate practitioner-driven concerns about self-evaluation practices and attendance in the program under study, an informal conference for physics teachers. We found evidence that surveys and ethnographic interviews provided complementary data: surveys allowed the practitioner to learn about their audience’s motivations, needs, and perception of the program’s value. Ethnographic interviews were particularly useful as a means to elicit actionable ideas for how conference organizers might better support teacher attendance. In addition, participating in the RPP provided the practitioner with skills that they can carry forward into their future assessment work and yielded actionable insights beneficial to both practitioner and audience. Our experience suggests that RPPs in informal physics spaces face many of the same challenges as those conducted in formal education settings, and that best practices documented for formal education RPPs will also be of benefit to them.","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125049956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.el-adawy
Shams El-Adawy, Eleanor C. Sayre, Alexandra C. Lau, C. Fracchiolla
The pathways and engagement of physicists in informal physics education are varied, which makes their professional development needs not well understood. As part of ongoing efforts to build and support community in the informal physics space, we conducted interviews with physics practitioners and researchers with a range of different experiences. Through thematic analysis, we use personas methodology to articulate the needs and pain points of professional physicists. We present our set of four personas: the physicist who engages in informal physics for self-reflection, the physicist who wants to spark interest in physics, the physicist who wants to provide diverse role models to younger students and inspire them to pursue a STEM career, and the physicist who wants to improve the relationship between scientists and the public. This work will allow the informal physics community to create tailored resources for the variety of professional development needs of informal physics facilitators.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.plenary.pr.leyva
Luis A. Leyva
{"title":"�We can�t just turn that off and then do some physics�: A counter-storytelling analysis of introductory physics as a white, cisheteropatriarchal space in undergraduate STEM education","authors":"Luis A. Leyva","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.plenary.pr.leyva","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.plenary.pr.leyva","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126953743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.brundage
M. Brundage, Alysa Malespina, C. Singh
Collaborative learning with peers can lead to students learning from each other and solving physics problems correctly not only in situations in which one student knows how to solve the problems but also when none of the students can solve the problems alone. In the latter situation, students are co-constructing knowledge that helps them solve the problems, while in the former, one student helps the other construct knowledge. In this study, we investigated student learning measured by student performance on a validated quantum mechanics survey and frequencies of construction and co-construction of knowledge when students first worked individually after lecture-based instruction in relevant concepts and then worked with peers during class without receiving any feedback from the course instructor. We find that construction of knowledge consistently occurred at a high rate during peer collaboration. However, rates of co-construction were more varied. High rates of co-construction were generally achieved when approximately half of the students knew the correct answers initially. We also conducted an analysis of some of the survey questions with high rates of co-construction to gain insight into what students converged on after peer interaction and what types of difficulties were reduced. Our findings can be valuable for physics instructors who want to provide in-class and out-of-class opportunities for peer collaboration, e.g., in their quantum mechanics courses.
{"title":"Peer interaction facilitates co-construction of knowledge related to quantum mechanics formalism and postulates","authors":"M. Brundage, Alysa Malespina, C. Singh","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.pr.brundage","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.brundage","url":null,"abstract":"Collaborative learning with peers can lead to students learning from each other and solving physics problems correctly not only in situations in which one student knows how to solve the problems but also when none of the students can solve the problems alone. In the latter situation, students are co-constructing knowledge that helps them solve the problems, while in the former, one student helps the other construct knowledge. In this study, we investigated student learning measured by student performance on a validated quantum mechanics survey and frequencies of construction and co-construction of knowledge when students first worked individually after lecture-based instruction in relevant concepts and then worked with peers during class without receiving any feedback from the course instructor. We find that construction of knowledge consistently occurred at a high rate during peer collaboration. However, rates of co-construction were more varied. High rates of co-construction were generally achieved when approximately half of the students knew the correct answers initially. We also conducted an analysis of some of the survey questions with high rates of co-construction to gain insight into what students converged on after peer interaction and what types of difficulties were reduced. Our findings can be valuable for physics instructors who want to provide in-class and out-of-class opportunities for peer collaboration, e.g., in their quantum mechanics courses.","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"24 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123076906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.campbell
Jennifer Campbell, K. Ansell, Timothy J Stelzer
Recent advancements in natural language processing (NLP) have generated interest in using computers to assist in the coding and analysis of students’ short answer responses for PER or classroom applications. We train a state-of-the-art NLP, IBM’s Watson, and test its agreement with humans in three varying experimental cases. By exploring these cases, we begin to understand how Watson behaves with ideal and more realistic data, across different levels of training, and across different types of categorization tasks. We find that Watson’s self-reported confidence for categorizing samples is reasonably well-aligned with its accuracy, although this can be impacted by features of the data being analyzed. Based on these results, we discuss implications and suggest potential applications of this technology to education research.
{"title":"Using IBM�s Watson to automatically evaluate student short answer responses","authors":"Jennifer Campbell, K. Ansell, Timothy J Stelzer","doi":"10.1119/perc.2022.pr.campbell","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.campbell","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advancements in natural language processing (NLP) have generated interest in using computers to assist in the coding and analysis of students’ short answer responses for PER or classroom applications. We train a state-of-the-art NLP, IBM’s Watson, and test its agreement with humans in three varying experimental cases. By exploring these cases, we begin to understand how Watson behaves with ideal and more realistic data, across different levels of training, and across different types of categorization tasks. We find that Watson’s self-reported confidence for categorizing samples is reasonably well-aligned with its accuracy, although this can be impacted by features of the data being analyzed. Based on these results, we discuss implications and suggest potential applications of this technology to education research.","PeriodicalId":253382,"journal":{"name":"2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115041132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1119/perc.2022.pr.fung
A. Fung, Michael E. Loverude
Elementary ODEs are seen as prerequisite knowledge gained from the introductory calculus sequence for any physics student entering the upper division. In this paper, we provide evidence that while students might be well-versed in the rules and notations of ODEs, this does not necessarily translate to the application of these “rules without a reason” to novel physics tasks. Using the mathematics education researchers Tall and Vinner’s concept image framework, we propose that the body of knowledge or concept image a student brings to an upper division physics environment regarding ODEs is restricted. We present, via four student interviews, three potential signals of this “restricted concept image”: mathematical processes that are formally taught in introductory calculus and physics courses but are not reliably evoked when faced with a novel physics task. Our goal for this paper, as part of a larger project exploring student difficulties regarding ODEs, is to create a “proof of concept” that can be used in future work to more definitively identify the presence of a restricted ODE concept image.
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