物理教育
This longitudinal narrative case study examines the leadership identity development of Kayla, a female high school physics teacher, across five years of participation in a community of practice (CoP). Drawing on multiple data sources, we…
Several programs for marginalized young people have been intentionally designed to increase the diversity in STEM careers; however, the participation of racially and ethnically minoritized individuals continued to be underrepresented in…
Despite numerous initiatives aimed at enhancing diversity and achieving equity in the STEM workforce, racially and ethnically minoritized individuals remain underrepresented in STEM disciplines and the STEM workforce. While many factors…
Two-stage exams have been used in physics classrooms, yet no empirical study has examined the effect of individual member performances on team performance. Using direct measures of individual and team performances in two-stage physics…
Physical systems and objects in the object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm share a common organizational structure: identity, state, and governing laws. We argue that making this structural correspondence explicit, rather than leaving…
This paper presents a fun and relatable classroom experiment to measure the viscosity of cooking oil using household tools and ingredients like kitchen scales, mugs, and dried peas. The experiment requires no formal training in math or…
We present a low-cost laboratory for investigating the dynamics of a vertical mass-spring oscillator using real-time computer vision. The proposed system automatically tracks the motion of the oscillating mass with a smartphone camera,…
We describe a series of rubidium spectroscopy experiments that can be done using the Teachspin Diode Laser Spectroscopy instrument, which is commercially available and is already being used in physics teaching labs at over 150 universities.…
Text embeddings are increasingly used in physics education research to organize, compare, and cluster large collections of written text. Their appeal is clear: once student responses have been mapped into a vector space, similarity…
Supporting and nurturing early career members is a vital component of succession planning for any profession or associations. Ensuring the thoughts and needs of newly-joined and early-career members of the Australasian College of Physical…
Asymptotic analysis provides powerful insights into physical systems by examining their behavior in limiting cases. This paper explores how extending this advanced methodology to high school physics education can deepen conceptual…
Over the past several decades, a large body of research has shown that undergraduate science students learn more and more equitably in active learning classrooms; however, the term "active learning" lacks definition and little research has…
The Hong--Ou--Mandel (HOM) effect is often introduced through a single benchmark: coincidence suppression for \(\ket{1}\otimes\ket{1}\) at a balanced beam splitter. We present a classroom-oriented instructional module that broadens this…
A rainbow is a captivating natural phenomenon resulting from the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of sunlight within water droplets. Traditional classroom demonstrations often focus on qualitative explanations of the formation of…
A growing number of introductory physics instructors are implementing active learning methods in their classrooms, and they are modifying the methods to fit their local instructional contexts. However, we lack a detailed framework for…
We present an adoption-ready instructional module for introducing quantum superposition in a two-state system. The package combines a five-activity classroom sequence with grading-ready assessment materials organized around six conceptual…
Classical and quantum optical communication has gained popularity and momentum in recent years, with growing investment and innovation in quantum technologies. However, the main teaching method in the education of quantum mechanics include…
The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has introduced new possibilities and challenges in physics education, necessitating rigorous evaluation of their capabilities as both problem solvers and automated assessors. This paper…
Feshbach resonances, first studied in the context of nuclear reactions, have since become a cornerstone of modern atomic physics. They offer a remarkable degree of control over interatomic (and even intermolecular) interactions by tuning…
A ball rolled over a shallow step will experience an increase in velocity along the direction perpendicular to the step. This causes a deflection in the ball's trajectory. In this paper we derive the equations that describe the motion of a…