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The Boiling-Frog Problem of Physics Education

Gerd Kortemeyer ยท 2025

It is astonishing how rapidly general-purpose AI has crossed familiar thresholds in introductory physics. Comparing outputs from successive models, GPT-5 Thinking moves far beyond the plug-and-chug teโ€ฆ

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Estimation of nanometer-thickness layer of 6B graphite: an experimental activity to study Ohm's law in higher education

Paulo Henrique Eleuterio Falsetti, Andre Coelho da Silva, Leonardo Geraldino da Silva, Douglas Mendes da Silva Del Duque, Murilo Antonio Menegati, Bruno Fernando Gianelli, Vagner Romito de Mendonca, Idelma Aparecida Alves Terra ยท 2025

Ohm's law is crucial for understanding electrical circuits and conductive materials. Formulated by Georg Simon Ohm in the 19th century, it describes the direct proportional relationship between electrโ€ฆ

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Exploring the Feasibility of Employing a Hybrid Machine Learning Method to Unpack Student Reasoning Patterns in Physics Essays

Winter Allen, N. Sanjay Rebello ยท 2025

We propose a novel clustering pipeline that combines two classic clustering algorithms to better understand student problem-solving strategies. This unsupervised machine learning method helps uncover โ€ฆ

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Magnetic field of a linear octupole

E. Arribas, I. Escobar, R. Ramirez-Vazquez, A.C. Marti, M. Monteiro, C. Stari, A. Belendez ยท 2024

We measure the magnetic field produced by a linear octupole formed by four magnets placed in such a way that both their magnetic moments and their quadrupole moments cancel each other. The magnetic fiโ€ฆ

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A Versatile Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference Experiment in Optical Fiber for the Undergraduate Laboratory

Cyrus Bjurlin, Theresa Chmiel ยท 2024

Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is a quantum optics laboratory experiment that has recently become more accessible to undergraduate students. The experiment consists of two identical photons simultaโ€ฆ

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Misconceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of secondary school students towards the phenomenon of radioactivity

A. I. Morales, P. Tuzon ยท 2020

Since its serendipitous discovery in 1896 by Henry Becquerel, radioactivity has called the attention of both the scientific community and the broad audience due to its intriguing nature, its multiple โ€ฆ

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Particle Dance: Particle physics in the dance studio

K. Nikolopoulos, M. Pardalaki ยท 2019

A workshop using dance to introduce particle physics concepts to young children is presented. The workshop is realised in the dance studio, the children assume complete ownership of the activity and dโ€ฆ

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Weiche Landung auf dem Mars

Markus Nielbock ยท 2019

In the distant future, humans will surely fly to Mars. Even today, probes and vehicles are carrying out measurements on the surface of Mars. However, most landings on Mars cannot be carried out with pโ€ฆ

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Understanding CMB physics through the exploration of exotic cosmological models: a classroom study using CLASS

Tanja Rindler-Daller ยท 2019

Every cosmology lecturer these days is confronted with teaching the modern cosmological standard model $\Lambda$CDM, and there are many approaches to do this. However, the danger is imminent that it iโ€ฆ

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Multiple choice homework as a cost-effective and efficient tool for student self-training

G.L. Lippi ยท 2018

A self-training scheme geared at inducing students to improve their skills through independent homework is presented. The motivation is to identify an inexpensive, yet effective tool for raising the cโ€ฆ

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DiffGame: Game-based mathematics learning for physics

Mads Kock Pedersen, Anette Svenningsen, Niels Bonderup Dohn, Andreas Lieberoth, Jacob Sherson ยท 2016

Differentiation is a mathematical skill applied throughout science in order to describe the change of a function with respect to a dependent variable. Thus, an intuitive understanding of differentiatiโ€ฆ

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Newton's 2nd Law and the Physics of Dance

Richard P. Barber Jr., David J. Popalisky, Rose Hacking, Kristina Chiapella ยท 2007

In teaching the physical sciences, a significant challenge lies in the student's tendency to consider the scientific world and the "real" world as separate. For example, Newton's 1st Law of Motion staโ€ฆ

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999

R.M. Godbole (Center for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science) ยท 2000

The last Nobel Prize of the Millenium in Physics has been awarded jointly to Professor Gerardus 't Hooft of the University of Utrecht in Holland and his thesis advisor Professor Emeritus Martinus J.G.โ€ฆ

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