Physics Education
This paper introduces a card game called "Quark Matter Card Games," inspired by the creativity of a high school student, Csaba T\"or\"ok, and developed in collaboration with physicist Tam\'as Cs\"org\H{o}. The game utilizes a deck of 66…
Many scientists view science as value-free, despite the fact that both epistemic and non-epistemic values structure scientific inquiry. Current ethics training usually focuses on transmitting knowledge about high-level ethical concepts or…
Recent studies provide evidence that social constructivist pedagogical methods such as active learning, interactive engagement, and inquiry-based learning, while pedagogically more effective, can enable inequities in the classroom. By…
This article discusses a three-year study (2020 - 2022) of dominant misconceptions (DMs) for a large cohort of first-year physics course students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. Our study considered pre-test scores on…
Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System is an audio-visual show for planetariums and flatscreen viewing. It is designed in collaboration with members of the blind and vision impaired (BVI) community, BVI specialist teachers and their…
Cosmology in general, and relation between redshift and cosmic epoch in particular, is usually obscure to first years university students, secondary students, as well as journalists, politicians and the general public scientists may have…
We present a scantron-based survey which examines the teacher-learner collaboration. The survey includes questions which probe student preparedness, behaviors, attitudes, and expectations - as well as questions addressing key measures of…
We assessed changes in calculus proficiency and calculus self-efficacy in a second semester course of introductory physics focused on electricity and magnetism. While all students demonstrated an increase in calculus proficiency, including…
The dual nature of matter and radiation and the concept of the structure of an atom share a number of key conceptual elements from quantum mechanics. Despite the similarities, we find that the concept of the structure of an atom is well…
We are interested in better understanding ways that students collaborate to solve conceptual physics problems in the context of spherical unit vectors in upper-level E&M, especially problems that have been shown to be difficult for students…
Several reports in education have called for transforming physics learning environments by promoting sensemaking of real-world scenarios in light of curricular ideas. Recent advancements in Generative-Artificial Intelligence has garnered…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to fundamentally change the educational landscape. So far, much of the physics education research relating to AI has focused on lecture-based assessment and the ability of ChatGPT to answer…
The problem given to the 10 Experimental Physics Olympiad (EPO10) 7 December 2023, Skopje, 11:00-15:00. The Olympiad is organized by Society of Physicists Macedonia and the Sofia Branch of the Union of Physicists in Bulgaria. The…
Light phenomena conceptual assessment (LPCA) is a conceptual survey of light phenomena that has been recently established by the physics education research (PER) scholars. Studying the LPCA psychometric properties is always imperative to…
Recent years have seen a growing interest in modernizing physics and science curricula around the world. While many science educators and curriculum developers design instructional resources to successfully introduce topics of Einsteinian…
The aim of this research is to provide insight to chemistry education teachers and researchers regarding the effectiveness of the guided inquiry learning model and provide direction for further research in this field. The research method…
This report describes my experience teaching a graduate-level quantum computing course at Northeastern University in the academic year 2022-23. The course takes a practical, software-driven approach to the course, teaching basic quantum…
This report describes a variety of programming assignments that can be used to teach quantum computing in a practical manner. These assignments let the learners get hands-on experience with all stages of quantum software development…
In this paper we provide an overview of the programmed instructions approach for the purpose of quantum software education. The article presents the programmed instructions method and recent successes in STEM fields before describing its…
In the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy) it's possible to make an approximate measurement of the Earth's radius from the Elba Island using the Pianosa Island as a ship that appears and disappears on the horizon depending on the observer's height…