Physics Education Research
The Physics Education Research Team:
Prof. Miranda Schmidt, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (co-PI)
Prof. Reza Nejat, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (co-PI)
Greg Van Gastel, MacPherson Institute (Educational Developer)
Trung Nhu Nguyen Pham (Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2022-2023)
Daniel Dobrowolski (Undergraduate Thesis Student/MacPherson Institute Student Partner, 2021-2022)
Nitara Fernando (MacPherson Institute Student Partner, 2021-2022)
Kenzie Lewis (MacPherson Institute Student Partner, 2021)
Dr. Devin Burke (McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2022)
Dr. Cayleih Robertson (McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021)
Ongoing Projects:
A Survey for Measuring the Impact of Academic Experience on Student Mental Health - MREB #5775
A Comparative Study of Student Cohorts in Physics: Tracking Student Trajectories at the Upper Year Level - MREB #5363
A Comparative Study of Student Cohorts in Introductory Physics Courses - MREB #5179
Teaching Physics for First Year Engineers: A Pedagogical Analysis of PHYS 1D03 and 1E03 - MREB #3796
Preliminary Results:
Investigating the Gender Gap in Introductory Physics Courses Using Self Reported Metrics - Poster Presentation by Daniel Dobrowolski at the 2021 CAP Congress
Challenges & Attendance in Introductory Physics Courses in an Online Environment - Poster Presentation by Nitara Fernando at the 2021 CAP Congress
The Gender Gap In Introductory Physics at McMaster - Video Presentation by Daniel Dobrowolski at the 2021 MacPherson Institute Innovations in Education Conference
Exploring Introductory Physics Courses: As a Student Partner - Video Presentation by Nitara Fernando at the 2021 MacPherson Institute Innovations in Education Conference
Challenges & Attendance in Introductory Physics Courses in an Online Environment - Poster Presentation by Nitara Fernando at the 2021 CAP Congress
The Gender Gap In Introductory Physics at McMaster - Video Presentation by Daniel Dobrowolski at the 2021 MacPherson Institute Innovations in Education Conference
Exploring Introductory Physics Courses: As a Student Partner - Video Presentation by Nitara Fernando at the 2021 MacPherson Institute Innovations in Education Conference
Funding Support:
.We are grateful to acknowledge support from the MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching, the McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Learning Program, and eCampus Ontario.