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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…
Student ownership of projects in an upper-division optics laboratory course: A multiple case study of successful experiences
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Jacob T. Stanley, H. J. Lewandowski
We investigate students' sense of ownership of multiweek final projects in an upper-division optics lab course. Using a multiple case study approach, we describe three student proj…
Students' views about the nature of experimental physics
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
The physics community explores and explains the physical world through a blend of theoretical and experimental studies. The future of physics as a discipline depends on training of…
Student reasoning about measurement uncertainty in an introductory lab course
H. J. Lewandowski, Robert Hobbs, Jacob T. Stanley +2
Proficiency with calculating, reporting, and understanding measurement uncertainty is a nationally recognized learning outcome for undergraduate physics lab courses. The Physics Me…
Impact of an introductory lab on students' understanding of measurement uncertainty
Benjamin Pollard, Robert Hobbs, Jacob T. Stanley +2
Physics lab courses are an essential part of the physics undergraduate curriculum. Learning goals for these classes often include the ability to interpret measurements and uncertai…
Instructor perspectives on iteration during upper-division optics lab activities
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Jacob T. Stanley, H. J. Lewandowski
Although developing proficiency with modeling is a nationally endorsed learning outcome for upper-division undergraduate physics lab courses, no corresponding research-based assess…
Improvement or selection? A longitudinal analysis of students' views about experimental physics in their lab courses
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
Laboratory courses represent a unique and potentially important component of the undergraduate physics curriculum, which can be designed to allow students to authentically engage w…
Using lab notebooks to examine students' engagement in modeling in an upper-division electronics lab course
Jacob T. Stanley, Weifeng Su, H. J. Lewandowski
We demonstrate how students' use of modeling can be examined and assessed using student notebooks collected from an upper-division electronics lab course. The use of models is a ub…
Investigating the Role of Socially Mediated Metacognition During Collaborative Troubleshooting of Electric Circuits
Kevin L. Van De Bogart, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski +1
Developing students' ability to troubleshoot is an important learning outcome for many undergraduate physics lab courses, especially electronics courses. In other work, metacogniti…