Conveners
W-POS-A #1-4 Poster session (DPE) / Session d'affiches (DEP)
- Daria Ahrensmeier (Simon Fraser University)
W-POS-A #1-4 Poster session (DPE) / Session d'affiches (DEP)
- There are no conveners in this block
This presentation is based on a subset of data from a doctoral project on Physics Education Research (PER) in Canada. Current data describing the landscape of PER in Canada will be shared, offering a characterization of Canadian PER and the people who conduct it. The aim of the presentation is to increase the physics and PER community’s knowledge and understanding of this field beyond the...
First-semester physics labs typically aim to confirm and mirror relationships explored in the lectures. Often using computer-interfaced equipment to measure physical variables, students investigate relationships with time or other variables. We took our move to online delivery in the pandemic as an opportunity to re-think physics labs. We report here a suite of remotely delivered labs...
The observed gender gap in physics testing is a problem which plagues physics education. Many studies in universities across North America show that female students consistently perform worse than male students on written examinations and concept inventories, though the size of this performance gap varies from study to study. In some cases, this gender gap in performance has been linked...
Introductory physics courses are required at McMaster for students in a pure physics stream, engineering stream, or life sciences stream. The background preparation of these students, as well as their attitudes towards the course, can vary greatly. There lies huge importance in identifying topics and aspects of introductory physics courses that students enjoy and find challenging as a key...
