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The Benefits and Challenges of a Quantum Computing Concept Inventory

Lachlan McGinness

A Quantum Computing Concept Inventory is needed for the acceleration of uptake of best practice in quantum computing education required to support the quantum computing workforce f…

physics.ed-ph2025

Making Quantum Accessible: A Seven-Category Framework for K-12 Quantum Education

Rhea Fernandez, Sarah Hagstrom, Liesel Malanos +4

We conducted a literature review and expert interviews to determine the most common methods being used to teach quantum physics and quantum computing concepts to primary and second…

physics.ed-ph2025

Particle Builder A Board Game for the Teaching of the Standard Model of Particle Physics at a Secondary Level

Lachlan McGinness, Yutong Ma, Mohammad Attar +14

We present Particle Builder, an online board game which teaches students about concepts from the Standard Model of Particle Physics at a high school level. This short activity resu…

cs.AI2025★ 1 cited

Large Language Models Imitate Logical Reasoning, but at what Cost?

Lachlan McGinness, Peter Baumgartner

We present a longitudinal study which evaluates the reasoning capability of frontier Large Language Models over an eighteen month period. We measured the accuracy of three leading…

cs.AI2025

The AlphaPhysics Term Rewriting System for Marking Algebraic Expressions in Physics Exams

Peter Baumgartner, Lachlan McGinness

We present our method for automatically marking Physics exams. The marking problem consists in assessing typed student answers for correctness with respect to a ground truth soluti…

physics.ed-ph2025

Particle Builder -- Learn about the Standard Model while playing against an AI

Mohammad Attar, Andrew Carse, Yeming Chen +13

Particle Builder Online is a web-based education game designed for high school physics students. Students can play against an AI opponent or peers to familiarise themselves with th…

cs.AI2025

Overview of AI Grading of Physics Olympiad Exams

Lachlan McGinness

Automatically grading the diverse range of question types in high school physics problem is a challenge that requires automated grading techniques from different fields. We report…

cs.AI2025

Large Language Models' Reasoning Stalls: An Investigation into the Capabilities of Frontier Models

Lachlan McGinness, Peter Baumgartner

Empirical methods to examine the capability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to use Automated Theorem Prover (ATP) reasoning strategies are studied. We evaluate the performance of S…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 1 cited

Can Large Language Models Correctly Interpret Equations with Errors?

Lachlan McGinness, Peter Baumgartner

This paper explores the potential of Large Language Models to accurately extract and translate equations from typed student responses into a standard format. This is a useful task…

cs.CL2025★ 2 cited

Highlighting Case Studies in LLM Literature Review of Interdisciplinary System Science

Lachlan McGinness, Peter Baumgartner

Large Language Models (LLMs) were used to assist four Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) researchers to perform systematic literature reviews (SLR…