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A Pedagogical MKS-based Electromagnetic Unit Convention with $\epsilon_0 = \mu_0 = 1/c$

Alisher Sanetullaev (New Uzbekistan University) ยท 2026

We propose a pedagogical, rationalized MKS-based convention for electromagnetic quantities designed to reduce cognitive load in undergraduate undergraduate electromagnetism. By setting vacuum constantโ€ฆ

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Instructor Framing and Incentives Shape Physics Students' Engagement and Learning Gains from an Inquiry-Based Electrostatics Tutorial on the Method of Images

Jaya Shivangani Kashyap, Robert P. Devaty, Chandralekha Singh ยท 2026

The method of images (MoI) is a valuable technique for solving certain electrostatic boundary value problems consisting of charge density near conductor(s). We developed and validated an inquiry-basedโ€ฆ

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A Hands-On Molecular Communication Testbed for Undergraduate Education

Arne Gaedeken, Alexander Wietfeld, Yaning Zhao, Christian Deppe, Eduard Jorswieck, Wolfgang Kellerer ยท 2025

This work presents a hands-on molecular communication (MC) testbed developed for the undergraduate Communication Engineering lab course at the Institute for Communications Technology (IfN), TU~Braunscโ€ฆ

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Teachers of bachelors lab courses collaborating to promote open inquiry: a case study

Lesley G.A. de Putter, Marloes M.H.G. Hendrickx ยท 2025

A group of university bachelors teachers of open inquiry lab courses in science subjects collaborated in a Networked Faculty Learning Community (NFLC) with the final goal to share their course materiaโ€ฆ

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Culture around Systemic Change Survey: A tool for Assessing Departmental Culture in Physics

Diana Sachmpazidi, Mike Verostek, Jayna Petrella, Siwoo (Randy) Lee, Chandra Turpen ยท 2025

Physics programs are continually evolving to better support student learning and meet the diverse needs of their populations. Achieving many of these goals requires not only structural adjustments butโ€ฆ

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Metarecycling in Physics Education in Basic Education within the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Technological Research

James Alves de Souza, Michel Corci Batista, Marcello Ferreira ยท 2025

The rapid advancement of digital technologies in the first quarter of the 21st century has introduced significant transformations in various fields, such as communication, healthcare, and education. Hโ€ฆ

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Responding to objections made by Sorin Co\c{s}ofre\c{t} concerning kinetic molecular theory: an illustration of how to teach physics students to evaluate pseudoscientific work

Marc Melendez ยท 2024

Sorin Co\c{s}ofre\c{t} has argued that kinetic molecular theory does not correctly describe thermal equilibrium in ideal gases and has provided some examples that purportedly show that the standard laโ€ฆ

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ChatGPT-Assisted Visualization of Atomic Orbitals: Understanding Symmetry, Mixed State, and Superposition

Huiping Han, Liang Wu ยท 2024

For undergraduate students newly introduced to quantum mechanics, solving simple Schr\"{o}dinger equations is relatively straightforward. However, the more profound challenge lies in comprehending theโ€ฆ

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Investigating introductory and advanced students' difficulties with entropy and the second law of thermodynamics using a validated instrument

Mary Jane Brundage, David E. Meltzer, Chandralekha Singh ยท 2024

We use the Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws-Long (STPFaSL-Long), a research-based survey instrument with 78 items at the level of introductory physics, to investigate introdโ€ฆ

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Achieving Human Level Partial Credit Grading of Written Responses to Physics Conceptual Question using GPT-3.5 with Only Prompt Engineering

Zhongzhou Chen, Tong Wan ยท 2024

Large language modules (LLMs) have great potential for auto-grading student written responses to physics problems due to their capacity to process and generate natural language. In this explorative stโ€ฆ

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Laser Laboratory Beam Alignment Skills: Course Package

Glen D. Gillen ยท 2024

A series of tutorials, assessments, and instructor guides are presented as a complete package for an upper-level undergraduate, or lower-level graduate, laboratory-based course, or extended new-studenโ€ฆ

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A diffraction approach to assess the elastic properties of a nylon string

Francisco M. Munoz-Perez, Adrian Garmendia-Martinez, Juan C. Castro-Palacio, Vicente Ferrando, Juan A. Monsoriu ยท 2024

The Young\'s modulus of a nylon string has been determined experimentally by combining elasticity theory and wave optics. A diffraction experiment has been setup to determine the change in the string โ€ฆ

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ChemDuino Calorimetry to Determine the Enthalpy Change of Neutralization of an Acid_Base Reaction: Making a Familiar Experiment Greener

N. K. Prabowo, M. Paristiowati, I. Irwanto, Afrizal, Yusmaniar (State University of Jakarta) ยท 2023

In thermochemistry experiments, a large volume and relatively high concentration of chemicals are often used to get a significant temperature change using an analogue thermometer. A greener experimentโ€ฆ

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How understanding large language models can inform the use of ChatGPT in physics education

Giulia Polverini, Bor Gregorcic ยท 2023

The paper aims to fulfil three main functions: (1) to serve as an introduction for the physics education community to the functioning of Large Language Models (LLMs), (2) to present a series of illustโ€ฆ

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Social Reader Perusall -- a Highly Effective Tool and Source of Formative Assessment Data

Jozef Hanc, Martina Hancova, Dominik Borovsky ยท 2023

The contribution provides a detailed exploration of the online platform Perusall as an advanced social annotation technology in teaching and learning STEM disciplines. This exploration is based on theโ€ฆ

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Use of Tracker software for teaching distance physics laboratories: Demonstration of error reduction in the simple pendulum

Ariatna Zamalloa, Gerson Cruz, Juan Camani, Valery Almanza, Bryan Gonzales, Diego Villa, Bruce Warthon ยท 2023

This study focuses on evaluating three methods used to determine the theoretical gravity in the city of Cusco and their importance in distance education. The first method is based on Newton's law of uโ€ฆ

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AI and the FCI: Can ChatGPT Project an Understanding of Introductory Physics?

Colin G. West ยท 2023

ChatGPT is a groundbreaking ``chatbot"--an AI interface built on a large language model that was trained on an enormous corpus of human text to emulate human conversation. Beyond its ability to converโ€ฆ

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Using Arduino in Physics Experiments:Determining the Speed of Sound in Air

Atakan Coban, Niyazi Coban ยท 2023

Considering the 21st century skills and the importance of STEM education in fulfilling these skills, it is clear that the course materials should be materials that bring students together with technolโ€ฆ

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A modified peer instruction protocol: peer versus teacher's instruction

Boon Leong Lan, Pooi Mee Lim, Patrick W. C. Ho ยท 2022

Peer Instruction (PI) was introduced by Mazur to help students learn physics concepts during lectures. Besides physics, PI has also been adopted in other STEM fields. In this approach, students answerโ€ฆ

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El aula invertida para la docencia de F\'isica

Patricia Ruiz-Galende, Monica Montoya, Iciar Pablo-Lerchundi, Patricia Almendros, Fabio Revuelta ยท 2021

En este trabajo presentamos una experiencia docente on-line con estudiantes universitarios de primer curso basada en la aplicaci\'on del aula invertida para el estudio de cinem\'atica de s\'olido r\'iโ€ฆ

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