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Students' epistemologies about experimental physics: Validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
Student learning in instructional physics labs represents a growing area of research that includes investigations of students' beliefs and expectations about the nature of experime…
Investigating student ownership of projects in an upper-division physics lab course
Jacob T. Stanley, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Laura Kiepura +1
In undergraduate research experiences, student development of an identity as a scientist is coupled to their sense of ownership of their research projects. As a a first step toward…
The role of metacognition in troubleshooting: an example from electronics
Kevin L. Van De Bogart, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski +1
Students in physics laboratory courses, particularly at the upper division, are often expected to engage in troubleshooting. Although there are numerous ways in which students may…
The role of modeling in troubleshooting: an example from electronics
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Kevin L. Van De Bogart, MacKenzie R. Stetzer +1
Troubleshooting systems is integral to experimental physics in both research and instructional laboratory settings. The recently adopted AAPT Lab Guidelines identify troubleshootin…
Access to undergraduate research experiences at a large research university
S. 5 Hanshaw, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski
The American Physical Society recently released a statement calling on all university physics departments to provide or facilitate access to research experiences for all undergradu…
Correlating students' beliefs about experimental physics with lab course success
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
Student learning in instructional physics labs is a growing area of research that includes studies exploring students' beliefs and expectations about experimental physics. To direc…
Redesigning a junior-level electronics course to support engagement in scientific practices
H. J. Lewandowski, Noah Finkelstein
Building on successful work on studying and transforming our senior-level Advanced Lab course, we have transformed our junior-level Electronics course to engage students in a varie…