Oersted Medal Lecture 2001: “Physics Education Research—The Key to Student Learning”

2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1127-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lillian Christie McDermott
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Physics Education Research

Comparing Normalized Gain g and Effect Size Cohen’s d to Measure the Improvement of Student’s Scientific Literacy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Physics Education Research ◽  
Cohen’S D ◽  
Cohen's D ◽  
Normalized Gain

In this work I investigate about my curiousity. My investigation focused on the implications on claims about student learning that result from choosing between one of two metrics. The metrics are normalized gain g, which is the most common method used in Physics Education Research (PER), and effect size Cohen’s d, which is broadly used in Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) including Biology Education Research (BER). Data for the analyses came from the research about scientific literacy on Physics and Biology Education from courses at institutions across Indonesia. This work reveals that the bias in normalized gaing can harm efforts to improve student’s scientific literacy by misrepresenting the efficacy of teaching practices across populations of students and across institutions. This work, also, recommends use effect size Cohen’s d for measuring student learning, based on reliability statistical method for calculating student learning.

scholarly journals Scientific abilities in undergraduate projects and laboratory

2016 ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
David R Mills
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Physics Education Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Physics Teaching ◽  
The Real ◽  
Wide Range

Projects are being increasingly used to provide a richer experience in physics teaching laboratories, and in the higher years, these may well approximate to the real world of industry and research. In first year, however, a wide range of approaches are utilised, from projects to open-ended experiments, yet questions remain about how students can best acquire a range of desired scientific abilities. Recent physics education research has suggested tools and approaches to help develop and measure the abilities such as needed to design and implement an experiment. Examples from several countries illustrate the need for matching the task with students' capabilities, and how various goals may be achieved for student learning in the laboratory.

scholarly journals Rasch analysis in physics education research: Why measurement matters

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Planinic ◽  
William J. Boone ◽  
Ana Susac ◽  
Lana Ivanjek
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Physics Education Research

Physics education research website

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
Andrew Graham
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Physics Education Research
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