231 citations · 1.9k across the 67 of their papers we have counts for
55 papers · 1 filter
Design and Initial Evaluation of a Photovoltaics-focused Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in Physics
Rachael L. Merritt, H. J. Lewandowski
Traditional physics laboratory courses often focus on experiments with well-known results, limiting students' engagement in authentic scientific practices. Course-based undergradua…
Representational differences in how students compare measurements
Gayle Geschwind, Michael Vignal, H. J. Lewandowski
Measurement uncertainty plays a critical role in the process of experimental physics. It is useful to be able to assess student proficiency around the topic to iteratively improve…
Seeing quantum effects in experiments
Victoria Borish, H. J. Lewandowski
Quantum mechanics is a field often considered very mathematical, abstract, and unintuitive. One way some instructors are hoping to help familiarize their students with these comple…
Overview of couplet scoring in content-focused physics assessments
Michael Vignal, Gayle Geschwind, Marcos D. Caballero +1
Content-focused research-based assessment instruments typically use items (i.e., questions) as the unit of assessment for scoring, reporting, and validation. Couplet scoring employ…
Survey of physics reasoning on uncertainty concepts in experiments: an assessment of measurement uncertainty for introductory physics labs
Michael Vignal, Gayle Geschwind, Benjamin Pollard +3
Measurement uncertainty is a critical feature of experimental research in the physical sciences, and the concepts and practices surrounding measurement uncertainty are important co…
Implementation and goals of quantum optics experiments in undergraduate instructional labs
Victoria Borish, H. J. Lewandowski
As quantum information science and technology (QIST) is becoming more prevalent and occurring not only in research labs but also in industry, many educators are considering how bes…
Investigating students` views of experimental physics in German laboratory classes
E. Teichmann, H. J. Lewandowski, M. Alemani
There is a large variety of goals instructors have for laboratory courses, with different courses focusing on different subsets of goals. An often implicit, but crucial, goal is to…
Rapid Transition to Remote Instruction of Physics Labs During Spring 2020: Instructor Perspectives
Alexandra Werth, Jessica R. Hoehn, Kristin Oliver +2
Laboratory courses are an important part of the undergraduate physics curriculum. During physics labs, students can engage in authentic, hands-on experimental practices, which can…
Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
Abraham Asfaw, Alexandre Blais, Kenneth R. Brown +34
The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor's level. We provide…
Student ownership and understanding of multi-week final projects
Ira Ché Lassen, Acacia Arielle-Evans, Laura Ríos +2
National calls to transform laboratory courses by making them more discovery-based can be met by engaging students in multi-week final projects. One plausible outcome of this appro…
Student use of a quantum simulation and visualization tool
Shaeema Zaman Ahmed, Carrie A. Weidner, Jesper H. M. Jensen +2
Knowledge of quantum mechanical systems is becoming more important for many science and engineering students who are looking to join the emerging quantum workforce. To better prepa…
Student perceptions of laboratory classroom activities and experimental physics practice
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Kimme S. Johnson, Soojin E. Park +2
We report results from a study designed to identify links between undergraduate students' views about experimental physics and their engagement in multiweek projects in lab courses…
Impact of a course transformation on students' reasoning about measurement uncertainty
Benjamin Pollard, Alexandra Werth, Robert Hobbs +1
Physics lab courses are integral parts of an undergraduate physics education, and offer a variety of opportunities for learning. Many of these opportunities center around a common…
Teaching labs during a pandemic: Lessons from Spring 2020 and an outlook for the future
Michael F. J. Fox, Alexandra Werth, Jessica R. Hoehn +1
We report results from a survey of lab instructors on how they adapted their courses in the transition to emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of thi…
Preparing for the quantum revolution -- what is the role of higher education?
Michael F. J. Fox, Benjamin M. Zwickl, H. J. Lewandowski
Quantum sensing, quantum networking and communication, and quantum computing have attracted significant attention recently, as these quantum technologies offer significant advantag…
Preliminary model for student ownership of projects
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Laura Ríos, H. J. Lewandowski
In many upper-division lab courses, instructors implement multiweek student-led projects. During such projects, students may design and carry out experiments, collect and analyze d…
Using the Life Grid Interview Technique in Science Education Research
Ashley A. Rowland, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Laura Ríos +2
Background: Qualitative interviewing is a common tool that has been utilized by Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education researchers to explore and descri…
Using think-aloud interviews to characterize model-based reasoning in electronics for a laboratory course assessment
Laura Ríos, Benjamin Pollard, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer +1
Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics describes the process by which phy…
Transforming a large introductory lab course: impacts on views about experimental physics
Benjamin Pollard, H. J. Lewandowski
Laboratory courses are key components of most undergraduate physics programs. Lab courses often aim to achieve the following learning outcomes: developing students' experimental sk…
Initial impacts of the transformation of a large introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology
H. J. Lewandowski, Daniel R. Bolton, Benjamin Pollard
Recently, there has been increased attention to improving laboratory instruction at all levels. At the introductory level, research results have shown differing levels of success b…
Correlating students' views about experimental physics with their sense of project ownership
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski
Multiweek projects in physics labs can engage students in authentic experimentation practices, and it is important to understand student experiences during projects along multiple…
Pathways to proposing causes for unexpected experimental results
Laura Ríos, Benjamin Pollard, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer +1
Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. When students encounter discrepancies between the actual and expected behavior of…
The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics: Description, development, and applications
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski
The ability to construct, use, and revise models is a crucial experimental physics skill. Many existing frameworks describe modeling in science education at introductory levels. Ho…
Characterizing lab instructors' self-reported learning goals to inform development of an experimental modeling skills assessment
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Laura Ríos, Benjamin Pollard +2
The ability to develop, use, and refine models of experimental systems is a nationally recognized learning outcome for undergraduate physics lab courses. However, no assessments of…