P. Laws, M. Willis, and D. Sokoloff, Phys. Teach., 53 (7), 401-406 (2015).
This article describes the 25-year history of development of the activity-based Workshop Physics (WP) at Dickinson College, its adaptation for use at Gettysburg Area High School, and…
A. Knaub, K. Foote, C. Henderson, M. Dancy, and R. Beichner; Publisher: International Journal of STEM Education, Int. J. Sci. Math. Educ., 3 (1), 1-22 (2016).
The characteristics of the classroom environment play an important role in shaping teaching practices and supporting research-based instructional strategies. One instructional…
T. Espinosa, K. Miller, I. Araujo, and E. Mazur, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 15 (1), 010132 (2019).
Self-efficacy represents an individual’s belief that he or she can perform a particular task in a given domain. It is a strong predictor for performance and persistence in STEM…
A. Cox, M. Belloni, and W. Christian, Phys. Teach., 43 (9), 587-592 (2005).
In this paper, we describe how we use a pedagogical tool, Physlets®, in combination with a complementary pedagogical method, Ranking Task (RT) exercises, to enhance students'…
E. Prather, A. Rudolph, G. Brissenden, and W. Schlingman, Am. J. Phys., 77 (4), 320-330 (2009).
We present the results of a national study on the teaching and learning of astronomy as taught in general education, non-science-major, introductory astronomy courses. Nearly 4000…