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49 papers in physics.ed-ph · page 1
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AI forces new rules for how universities change teaching
A Framework for institutional change in the age of AI
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Self-identification urged for neurodiversity data in physics education
Power, Prescription, and Postpositivism: Considerations for collecting and representing neurodiversity demographic information in physics education research
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Women lose more physics identity from B grades than men
The Gendered Cost of Lower Grades: Women's Physics Perceived Recognition and Identity Suffer Disproportionately If They Earn Less Than A Grade
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Online data lets students deduce gravity's inverse-square law
The Solar System as a lab for the Law of Universal Gravitation
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AI-powered materials discovery requires workflow-aligned AI literacy
Preparing Students for AI-Powered Materials Discovery: A Workflow-Aligned Framework for AI Literacy, Equity, and Scientific Judgment
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Chatbots beat students on relativity test but fail on diagrams
Performance and failure modes of AI chatbots on a novel concept inventory on relativity in classical mechanics
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Consumer cameras capture radiation scintillation light
Using Consumer Cameras to Observe Scintillation Light from Radiation
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Eight recommendations shape future QISE graduate programs
Graduate Training in Quantum Information Science and Engineering: Lessons, Challenges, and a Roadmap from the NSF Research Traineeship Programs
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Building cartoons teach quantum numbers via floors and rooms
From Floors to Electrons: Using a Building Analogy and Cartooning to Teach Quantum Numbers
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Strategies enable multi-institutional DBER data collection
Strategies for Collecting Multi-Institutional Data in Discipline-Based Education Research
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Computational essays elicit broad CT in engineering students
Using Computational Physics Essays to Facilitate Engineering Students' Computational Thinking
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Local LLM autograder grades STEM work at 0.04% error
LaTA: A Drop-in, FERPA-Compliant Local-LLM Autograder for Upper-Division STEM Coursework
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Smartphone measures oil viscosity via spring damping
Determining Viscosity of a Liquid with Smartphone Sensors: A Classroom-Friendly Approach Using Damped Oscillations
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Smartphone measures density with pressure sensor
Use of smartphone as a density measuring device
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Smartphone sensor confirms magnet repulsion follows 1/r^4 law
Demonstration of magnetic dipole-dipole interaction by using smartphone pressure sensor
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Dialogue fixes 82% of LLM errors on image-based physics problems
A Dialogue-Based Framework for Correcting Multimodal Errors in AI-Assisted STEM Education
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Smartphone measures permeability from magnet's terminal velocity in pipe
A smartphone-based simple method for determination of the free space permeability
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Smartphone extracts g from magnet falling in pipe
Determination of the acceleration due to gravity by studying magnet s motion through a conducting pipe
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Magnet damps faster closer to conducting plate
Study of the effect of electromagnetic damping force on a magnet oscillating near a non-ferromagnetic conducting plate
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Opinions on AI in physics compiled to seed community talks
AI and the Research-Education Environment of Physics
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Phone sensor measures magnet force to check Newton's third law
Smartphone-based measurement of magnetic force and demonstration of Newton third law of motion
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Phone LiDAR yields spring constants matching theory
LiDAR based determination of spring constant using smartphones
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Magnet's terminal speed in pipe gives its magnetic moment
Determination of the magnetic moment of a magnet by letting it fall through a conducting pipe
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Cut astronomy grad admissions to two letters and April 1 deadline
Recommendations for the Astronomy Graduate Admissions Process
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Conference-style papers extend quantum PBL value
Beyond Project-Based Learning: Conference-Style Writing as Authentic Assessment in Interdisciplinary Quantum Engineering Education
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Unit convention makes electrical resistance dimensionless
A Pedagogical MKS-based Electromagnetic Unit Convention with $\epsilon_0 = \mu_0 = 1/c$
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Setting vacuum constants to 1/c makes resistance dimensionless
A Pedagogical MKS-based Electromagnetic Unit Convention with $\epsilon_0 = \mu_0 = 1/c$
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17-year quantum summer school sends alumni into research careers
USEQIP: Outcomes and experiences from 17 years of undergraduate summer schools in experimental quantum information science
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Quantum hackathon teaches basics to underrepresented high schoolers
Bridging the Quantum Divide: A Learning-Centric Quantum Hackathon for Underrepresented Students (Extended Version)
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QFT textbooks repeat six conceptual mistakes
Six textbook mistakes in quantum field theory
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Summer program advances over 50% of students to astrophysics PhDs
The Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students (LEAPS)
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Driven pendulum shows long-period swings where stability analysis predicts calm
Non-Floquet oscillations of a parametrically driven rigid planar pendulum
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DIY inertia dyno shows scooter CVT flat power curve
Building an inertia dynamometer with vocational students: a low-budget apparatus for teaching rotational dynamics
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Inductive bias improves ML detection of student reasoning in talks
Locating acts of mechanistic reasoning in student team conversations with mechanistic machine learning
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New profession proposed for guiding student research
The Research Guide: From Informal Role to Profession
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Stage-gate workflow maps flat-optics ideas to qualified hardware
From Flat-Optics Concept to Qualified Hardware: Skills Map for the Meta-Optics and Diffractive Optics Workforce
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Three cognitive resources shape student use of CNOT
Can a CNOT Gate Affect the Control Qubit? Student Resources for Understanding CNOT and Entanglement
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Course teaches biology students to read theory papers
What good is modeling? Introducing biology students to theory
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Arduino IoT rig lets students train ML on live optical data
Building an Affordable Self-Driving Lab: Practical Machine Learning Experiments for Physics Education Using Internet-of-Things
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Two profiles capture critical thinking in physics labs
Multidimensional Profiles of Critical Thinking in Physics Labs: Latent Structure, Instructional Change, and Connections to Physics Identity
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Four skill areas mark quantum jobs ready for bachelor's grads
Experimental Skills for Undergraduate Career Preparation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering
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Conference session shows astronomy moving beyond visuals
Unseen Astronomy
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Instructor framing drives student gains in MoI electrostatics tutorial
Instructor Framing and Incentives Shape Physics Students' Engagement and Learning Gains from an Inquiry-Based Electrostatics Tutorial on the Method of Images
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Students measure tidal alignment in contact binary and confirm delta Scuti pulsations
The Wonderful World of Binary Stars
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Quantum education forms ecosystem with gaps
The Quantum Education Ecosystem: A Review of Global Initiatives, Methods, and Challenges
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Humans must steer AI to write physics papers with full transcripts required
Co-Authoring with AI: How I Wrote a Physics Paper About AI, Using AI
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Homemade metre bridge runs electricity labs with charger and wire
A Unified and Economical Approach to Teaching Higher Secondary Electricity Experiments
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Gudeg making shows physics concepts to students
The Physics of Gudeg: Learning the Mechanics and Thermal Properties Using Collaborative Project based Activities for the High School Physics
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Core physics courses slow grads' growth as physicists
What does it mean to think like a physicist? Insights from physics graduate students
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Physics students trusted ChatGPT's wrong answers about half the time
Unreflected Acceptance -- Investigating the Negative Consequences of ChatGPT-Assisted Problem Solving in Physics Education