Neil Downie believes that supporting students to devise, build and test their own projects can help to get them and their teachers interested in and enjoying physics Practical solutions Students who ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Evelyn Mousigian As a physics major, it feels like I spend the majority of my waking ...

Transfer of math, physics, and communication skills into the entry-level photonics workforce, NSF Award 1432578, Sept 2014 – Aug 2019 Exploring factors that shape education & workplace training on ...

Solving Problem 1 on work and energy from an old physics final exam. Follow the step-by-step reasoning behind classic work–energy principles and see how foundational physics problems were approached ...

Solving vector operations step-by-step! ➡️📐 In this video, we break down how to perform vector operations, such as addition, subtraction, and scalar multiplication, with real-world physics examples.

Generative AI is becoming ubiquitous in everyday life. Large language models like ChatGPT can help answer questions, write ...

(Links: 1,2,3,4,5,6) The purpose of my research was to produce a problem solving evaluation tool for physics. To do this it was necessary to gain a thorough understanding of how students solve ...

(Link) Skill with different representations and multiple representations is highly valued in physics, and prior work has shown that novice physics students can struggle with the representations ...

Several years ago, I wrote an article on using Elmer to solve complicated physics problems. Elmer has progressed quite a bit since then, so I thought it would be worth taking a fresh look at this ...

On his résumé, Mike Kennedy lists his master’s thesis project examining the differences between novices and experts in physics problem solving. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping students ...

Ryan Wilkinson receives funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Celine Boehm receives funding from STFC. Canada’s Arthur B McDonald and Japan’s Takaaki Kajita have won this year’s ...