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Mechanics Cognitive Diagnostic: Testing Fine-Grained Learning Objectives in Introductory Physics
Vy Le, Jayson M. Nissen, Jason W. Morphew +2
Physics courses use research-based assessments (RBAs) such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE), and Energy and Momentum Conceptual S…
Challenging Data Aggregation Practices: A MAIHDA Study of Asian Student Outcomes in Introductory Physics
Vy Le, Grace Angell, Jayson Nissen +1
Aggregation of Asian student data can reinforce the model minority myth by obscuring educational disparities among Asian student subgroups. This study investigated variation in con…
Applying Cognitive Diagnostic Models to Mechanics Concept Inventories
Vy Le, Jayson M. Nissen, Xiuxiu Tang +5
In physics education research, instructors and researchers often use research-based assessments (RBAs) to assess students' skills and knowledge. In this paper, we support the devel…
Society's educational debts in biology, chemistry, and physics across race, gender, and class
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen, Odis Johnson
The success of collaborative instruction in helping students achieve higher grades in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has led many edu…
Comparing the efficacy of fixed effect and MAIHDA models in predicting outcomes for intersectional social strata
Ben Van Dusen, Heidi Cian, Jayson Nissen +2
This investigation examines the efficacy of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) over fixed effect models when performing intersecti…
How statistical model development can obscure inequities in STEM student outcomes
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
Researchers often frame quantitative research as objective, but every step in data collection and analysis can bias findings in often unexamined ways. In this investigation, we exa…
Online Administration of Research-Based Assessments
Ben Van Dusen, Mollee Shultz, Jayson M. Nissen +5
The number and use of research-based assessments (RBAs) has grown significantly over the last several decades. Data from RBAs can be compared against national datasets to provide i…
Student Outcomes Across Collaborative Learning Environments
Xochhith Herrera, Jayson Nissen, Ben Van Dusen
The Learning Assistant (LA) model supports instructors in implementing research-based teaching practices in their own courses. In the LA model, undergraduate students are hired to…
In-class vs. online administration of concept inventories and attitudinal assessments
Manher Jariwala, Jada-Simone S. White, Ben Van Dusen +1
This study investigates differences in student responses to in-class and online administrations of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism…
A comparison of Hake's g and Cohen's d for analyzing gains on concept inventories
Jayson M. Nissen, Robert M. Talbot, Amreen Nasim Thompson +1
Measuring student learning is a complicated but necessary task for understanding the effectiveness of instruction and issues of equity in college STEM courses. Our investigation fo…
The Impacts of Learning Assistants on Student Learning of Physics
Jada-Simone S. White, Ben Van Dusen, Edward A. Roualdes
This study investigated whether and how Learning Assistant (LA) support is linked to student outcomes in Physics courses nationwide. Paired student concept inventory scores were co…
The Impact of Learning Assistants on Inequities in Physics Student Outcomes
Ben Van Dusen, Jada-Simone S. White, Edward Roualdes
This study investigates how Learning Assistants (LAs) and related course features are associated with inequities in student learning in introductory university physics courses. 2,8…
Learning Assistant Supported Student Outcomes (LASSO) study initial findings
Ben Van Dusen, Laurie Langdon, Valerie Otero
This study investigates how faculty, student, and course features are linked to student outcomes in Learning Assistant (LA) supported courses. Over 4,500 students and 17 instructor…
From Fear to Self-Expression: The Contextual Nature of Physics Student Motivations
Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
This study utilizes a sociocultural interpretation of Self-Determination Theory to better understand the role that learning contexts play in generating student motivation, engageme…
Teaching to Learn: iPads as Tools for Transforming Physics Student Roles
Susan Nicholson-Dykstra, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
Students who serve as Learning Assistants (LAs) and have the opportunity to teach the content they are learning, while also studying effective teaching pedagogy, have demonstrated…
Educational trajectories of graduate students in physics education research
Ben Van Dusen, Ramon S. Barthelemy, Charles Henderson
Physics education research (PER) is a rapidly growing area of PhD specialization. In this article we examine the trajectories that led respondents into a PER graduate program as we…
Becoming Agents of Change through Participation in a Teacher-Driven Professional Research Community
Mike Ross, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
This study involves a theory-based teacher professional development model that was created to address two problems. First, dominant modes of science teacher professional developmen…
Changing Roles and Identities in a Teacher Driven Professional Development Community
Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
In a climate where teachers feel deprofessionalized at the hands of regulations, testing, and politics, it is vital that teachers become empowered both in their own teaching and as…
Influencing Student Relationships With Physics Through Culturally Relevant Tools
Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
This study investigates how an urban, high school physics class responded to the inclusion of a classroom set of iPads and associated applications, such as screencasting. The parti…