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The role physics can play in a multi-disciplinary curriculum for non-physics scientists and engineers
Edward F. Redish, Vashti Sawtelle, Chandra Turpen
At many physics departments a significant fraction of teaching is in support of engineers and scientists in other majors. These service courses are thus an automatic crucible of in…
Using disciplinary perspectives to refine conceptions of the "real world"
Abhilash Nair, Paul Irving, Vashti Sawtelle
It has been reported that students often leave the introductory physics classroom believing that physics is less connected to the real world than when they entered. In this paper w…
Operationalizing relevance in physics education: using a systems view to expand our conception of making physics relevant
Abhilash Nair, Vashti Sawtelle
A common hope of many physics educators and researchers is that students leave the course with a stronger sense that physics is relevant to them than when they entered the course.…
An uncommon case of relevance through everyday experiences
Abhilash Nair, Vashti Sawtelle
Physics education research has probed for the relevance of physics in students' everyday lives. Attitudinal and epistemological surveys have asked students if they think of or use…
Exploring Mindset's Applicability to Students' Experiences with Challenge in Transformed College Physics Courses
Angela Little, Bridget Humphrey, Abigail Green +2
The mindset literature is a longstanding area of psychological research focused on beliefs about intelligence, response to challenge, and goals for learning (Dweck, 2000). However,…
What counts in laboratories: toward a practice-based identity survey
Kelsey Funkhouser, Marcos D. Caballero, Paul W. Irving +1
An essential step in the process of developing a physics identity is the opportunity to engage in authentic physics practices - an ideal place to gain these experiences is physics…