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Predicting time to graduation at a large enrollment American university
John M. Aiken, Riccardo De Bin, Morten Hjorth-Jensen +1
The time it takes a student to graduate with a university degree is mitigated by a variety of factors such as their background, the academic performance at university, and their in…
Modeling student pathways in a physics bachelor's degree program
John M. Aiken, Rachel Henderson, Marcos D. Caballero
Physics education research has used quantitative modeling techniques to explore learning, affect, and other aspects of physics education. However, these studies have rarely examine…
Identifying features predictive of faculty integrating computation into physics courses
Nicholas T. Young, Grant Allen, John M. Aiken +2
Computation is a central aspect of 21st century physics practice; it is used to model complicated systems, to simulate impossible experiments, and to analyze mountains of data. Phy…
A two-phase study examining perspectives and use of quantitative methods in PER
Alexis V. Knaub, John M. Aiken, Lin Ding
While other fields such as statistics and education have examined various issues with quantitative work, few studies in physics education research (PER) have done so. We conducted…
Examining the relationship between student performance and video interactions
Robert Solli, John M. Aiken, Rachel Henderson +1
In this work, we attempted to predict student performance on a suite of laboratory assessments using students' interactions with associated instructional videos. The students' perf…
Methods for Analyzing Pathways through a Physics Major
John M. Aiken, Marcos D. Caballero
Physics Education Research frequently investigates what students studying physics do on small time scales (e.g. single courses, observations within single courses), or post-educati…
Exploring University Students' Engagement with Online Video Lectures in a Blended Introductory Mechanics Course
Shih-Yin Lin, John M. Aiken, Daniel T. Seaton +4
The advent of MOOCs has stimulated interest in using online videos to deliver content in university courses. We examined student engagement with 78 online videos that we created an…
Alternative model for the administration and analysis of research-based assessments
Bethany R. Wilcox, Benjamin M. Zwickl, Robert D. Hobbs +3
Research-based assessments represent a valuable tool for both instructors and researchers interested in improving undergraduate physics education. However, the historical model for…
Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in an Introductory Physics MOOC
Shih-Yin Lin, Scott S. Douglas, John M. Aiken +5
Assessing student performance becomes challenging when course enrollment becomes very large (~10^4 students). As part of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in introductory physics…
Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in a Blended Introductory Physics Course
Scott S. Douglas, Shih-Yin Lin, John M. Aiken +4
The Georgia Tech blended introductory calculus-based mechanics course emphasizes scientific communication as one of its learning goals, and to that end, we gave our students a seri…
Student Use of a Single Lecture Video in a Flipped Introductory Mechanics Course
John M. Aiken, Shih-Yin Lin, Scott S. Douglas +4
In the Fall of 2013, Georgia Tech offered a 'flipped' calculus-based introductory mechanics class as an alternative to the traditional large-enrollment lecture class. This class fl…
Transforming High School Physics with Modeling and Computation
John M. Aiken
The Engage to Excel (PCAST) report, the National Research Council's Framework for K-12 Science Education, and the Next Generation Science Standards all call for transforming the ph…
The Initial State of Students Taking an Introductory Physics MOOC
John M. Aiken, Shih-Yin Lin, Scott S. Douglas +4
As part of a larger research project into massively open online courses (MOOCs), we have investigated student background, as well as student participation in a physics MOOC with a…
Understanding Student Computational Thinking with Computational Modeling
John M. Aiken, Marcos D. Caballero, Scott S. Douglas +4
Recently, the National Research Council's framework for next generation science standards highlighted "computational thinking" as one of its "fundamental practices". 9th Grade stud…
Integrating Numerical Computation into the Modeling Instruction Curriculum
Marcos D. Caballero, John B. Burk, John M. Aiken +4
We describe a way to introduce physics high school students with no background in programming to computational problem-solving experiences. Our approach builds on the great strides…