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The formal definition of limit is one mathematical idea that gives difficulties to most students. Therefore, it is necessary to provide engaging activity in order to construct the students' understanding about the definition. This study…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-02-12 Yosep Dwi Kristanto , Margaretha Madha Melissa , Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh

A group of line drawings in recent reports made by physics students during experimenting is investigated in order to describe the attitudes that can be related to the act of drawing. These attitudes represent time behavior and are related…

General Physics · Physics 2010-11-30 Harm Hollestelle

Pointing gestures are a common interaction method used in Human-Robot Collaboration for various tasks, ranging from selecting targets to guiding industrial processes. This study introduces a method for localizing pointed targets within a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Noora Sassali , Roel Pieters

Uncertainty is an important and fundamental concept in physics education. Students are often first exposed to uncertainty in introductory labs, expand their knowledge across lab courses, and then are introduced to quantum mechanical…

Physics Education · Physics 2023-06-30 Andy Schang , Matthew Dew , Emily M. Stump , N. G. Holmes , Gina Passante

User's intentions may be expressed through spontaneous gesturing, which have been seen only a few times or never before. Recognizing such gestures involves one shot gesture learning. While most research has focused on the recognition of the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Maria Cabrera , Richard Voyles , Juan Wachs

To help faculty use research-based materials in a more significant way, we learn about their perceived needs and desires and use this information to suggest ways for the Physics Education Research community to address these needs. When…

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into education presents new opportunities for supporting learning processes. This study investigates the impact of AI-assisted versus traditional Excel-based data analysis on both learning…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-04-15 Jannik Henze , Julia Lademann , Sebastian Becker-Genschow , André Bresges

Breathing is a spontaneous but controllable body function that can be used for hands-free interaction. Our work introduces "iBreath", a novel system to detect breathing gestures similar to clicks using bio-impedance. We evaluated iBreath's…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Mengxi Liu , Daniel Geißler , Deepika Gurung , Hymalai Bello , Bo Zhou , Sizhen Bian , Paul Lukowicz , Passant Elagroudy

This invited paper discusses why Physics performance task by grade 9 students in Singapore is worth participating in for two reasons; 1) the video analysis and modeling are open access, licensed creative commons attribution for advancing…

Physics Education · Physics 2014-08-27 Loo Kang Wee

Despite nation efforts to promote diversity and inclusion, women and gender minorities remain underrepresented in physics. One common approach to studying gender in physics contexts treats gender as a categorical identity variable (e.g.…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-03-19 Noah Leibnitz , Yangqiuting Li

AI technologies that sense student attention and emotions to enable more personalised teaching interventions are increasingly promoted, but raise pressing questions about student learning, well-being, and ethics. In particular, students'…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Bingyi Han , Ying Ma , Simon Coghlan , Dana McKay , George Buchanan , Wally Smith

Handwriting recognition is improving in leaps and bounds, and this opens up new opportunities for stylus-based interactions. In particular, note-taking applications can become a more intelligent user interface, incorporating new features…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Katy Ilonka Gero , Lydia B. Chilton , Chris Melancon , Mike Cleron

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have broadened the applicability of AI-generated images across various sectors, including the creative industry and design. However, their utilization in educational contexts, particularly…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Aung Pyae

User's mental state is concerned gradually, during the interaction course of human robot. As the measurement and identification method of psychological state, tension, has certain practical significance role. At presents there is no…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-09-18 Yi Wang

Students in introductory physics courses often rely on ineffective strategies, focusing on final answers rather than understanding underlying principles. Integrating scientific argumentation into problem-solving fosters critical thinking…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-08-21 Winter Allen , Anand Shanker , N. Sanjay Rebello

One of the major difficulties in learning physics is for students to develop a conceptual understanding of the core concepts of physics. Many authors have argued that student conceptions of basic physical phenomena are rooted in basic…

Physics Education · Physics 2014-10-20 Jesper Bruun , Frederik V. Christiansen

Human motion analysis and understanding has been, and is still, the focus of attention of many disciplines which is considered an obvious indicator of the wide and massive importance of the subject. The purpose of this article is to shed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-04 Ahmed Nabil Mohamed

We report results from a study designed to identify links between undergraduate students' views about experimental physics and their engagement in multiweek projects in lab courses. Using surveys and interviews, we explored whether students…

One of the key skills of a researcher is noticing what's going on. Both in the experiment one's performing and in one's data: is there something interesting, reason to doubt one's data or suspect that one's theoretical description is…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-07-08 K. Dunnett , M. H. Magnusson

There were two objectives. The first was to determine if a real time graphing activity will influence the interpretation of the subject of kinematic graphs, as measured by the TUGK. The second was to determine if attitude, as measured by…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-08-13 Stanley Sobolewski , Brandon Vought , Kathryn Hagood