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PERC 2024 Abstract Browse

The abstracts listed below were presented at the 2024 PERC Conference. You may use the column headers to sort the list.

  Name Primary Contact Abstract Type
  "Instead of gravity pointing down, it’s now pointing up": Enhancing physics students’ connection between mathematics and mechanism Jared Arnell Contributed Poster Presentation
  "It was awkward to leave, and I wish it wasn't": Physics PhD students' perceptions about switching research groups Mike Verostek Contributed Poster Presentation
  A Collaborative duoethnography of two Academics in Diaspora amidst the Palestinian/ Israeli Catastrophe Alia Hamdan Contributed Poster Presentation
  A Gathering of Students hosted by PERCoGS Bill Bridges Community Connection
  A causal diagram representation for communicating resource coordination challenges and goals in qualitative covariation Eric Kuo Symposium Talk
  A pilot study on tutorials for the metric in general relativity David Syphers Contributed Poster Presentation
  A preliminary case study on the impact of the cultural narratives of individualism, meritocracy, and rigor on collaboration Alexander Conte Contributed Poster Presentation
  Ableism the unconscious bias affecting your Education Research Rebecca Lindell Critical Conversation
  Achieving Human Level Partial Credit Grading of Written Responses to Physics Conceptual Question using GPT-3.5 with Only Prompt Engineering Zhongzhou Chen Contributed Poster Presentation
  Actionable Implications of 21st Century Neuroscience, Skeptics Welcome Scott E. Allen Contributed Poster Presentation
  Activities and Survey Results from a Graduate Student Mental Health Task Force in Physics Patrick Banner Contributed Poster Presentation
  Affect, meta-affect, and epistemology in an introductory physics lab Sophia Jeon Contributed Poster Presentation
  Affordances and challenges of incorporating a remote quantum matter experiment in upper-division physics courses Victoria Borish Contributed Poster Presentation
  An Analytic Framework for Understanding Peer Coaches as Metacognitive Coaches Jonathan Kustina Contributed Poster Presentation
  An Examination of Professional Learning Communities Creating a Culturally Relevant Approach to Teaching Energy Lauren Collins Contributed Poster Presentation
  An exploratory factor analysis of a survey intended to measure undergraduate student attitudes towards computational methods in physics Greg Gallagher Contributed Poster Presentation
  Analysis of student interactions with a Large Language Model in an Introductory Physics Lab Setting. Travis Kregear Contributed Poster Presentation
  Analyzing Experiences of Multiply Marginalized Physics Students With the Critical Physics Identity Framework Xandria R Quichocho Contributed Poster Presentation
  Analyzing learning outcomes from graduate level classical mechanics for lagragnian methods and symmetries when finding conservation laws Kyle Wipfli Contributed Poster Presentation
  Analyzing the responses of GPT-4 to permutations of a standard mechanics problem Ralf Widenhorn Contributed Poster Presentation
  Applications, Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models in Physics Education Stefan Kuechemann and Jochen Kuhn Talk Symposium
  Applying machine learning models in multi-institutional studies can generate bias Rebeckah Fussell Contributed Poster Presentation
  Assessing Student Scientific Argumentation Using Natural Language Processing Winter Rose Allen Contributed Poster Presentation
  Astronomy Education in Rural Illinois High Schools Spencer Wilken Contributed Poster Presentation
  Beyond Retention: The Design of a New Peer Mentoring Program at MSU Frank Dachille Contributed Poster Presentation
  Bridging Institutional Gaps in PER with Professional Society Programs Christine O'Donnell Contributed Poster Presentation
  Bridging the gap: data-driven insights for equitable physics assessment Chloe Hennessy Contributed Poster Presentation
  Building Student Interest in Quantum Careers: The Pathways to Quantum Immersion Program Jessica Rosenberg Contributed Poster Presentation
  Building a Better Mousetrap: A Preliminary Study of Upper-Division Tutorials Explicitly Built on a Problem-Solving Framework Andrew J. Mason Contributed Poster Presentation
  Building a community of Tutorial implementers Sam McKagan Community Connection
  Can introductory physics be a pump and not a filter for the IPLS student? Nancy Beverly Contributed Poster Presentation
  Can your classroom be your laboratory? The thinning veil between scholarly teaching and research Luke D. Conlin Custom Format
  Centering sense of community in professional development for emerging discipline-based education researchers Christian Solorio Contributed Poster Presentation
  Certain bodies in uncertain fields: Thinking about gender through queer theory and quantum mechanics Alexis Buzzell Contributed Poster Presentation
  Challenges and Difficulties in collecting a truly representative sample of IPLS students Rebecca Lindell Contributed Poster Presentation
  Changes in physics affinity from introductory physics for life sciences at three institutions Nikhil Tignor Contributed Poster Presentation
  Characterising STEM Ways of Thinking in Engineering Design (ED)-based tasks. Ravishankar Chatta Subramaniam Contributed Poster Presentation
  Comparing cognitive load and engagement across game-based, inquiry-based, and design-based labs in physics Razan A Hamed Contributed Poster Presentation
  Comparing student performance on a multi-attempt asynchronous assessment to a single-attempt synchronous assessment in introductory level physics Emily Frederick Contributed Poster Presentation
  Comparing the evolution of self-regulated learning behaviors to academic performance, personality, and self-efficacy in an introductory physics class Danielle Maldonado Contributed Poster Presentation
  Comparing three natural language processing methods for grading students' written responses to conceptual physics questions Sean Savage Contributed Poster Presentation
  Computing the tension : An activity theoretic analysis of a computational physics lab Luke Nearhood Contributed Poster Presentation
  Considerations for Collecting Racial Demographics Data in Physics Education Research Sarah E Stella Contributed Poster Presentation
  Content Analysis of Pedagogical Relationships Involving Generative-AI Supported Teaching and Learning Practices in Physics Education Marla Grover Symposium Talk
  Conversations in the PER of the IPLS Course Juan Burciaga Community Connection
  Correlation of open-ended activities in laboratory courses with students' views of experimental physics Qiaoyi Liu Contributed Poster Presentation
  Creating “Tier-2 Questions” for the Fluids Conceptual Evaluation DJ Wagner Contributed Poster Presentation
  Critical Conversations: Addressing the impact of external stresses on research through empathy and care Scott Franklin Critical Conversation
  Decolonizing physics curricula: A case study about a kinematics lesson Mathilda Smith Contributed Poster Presentation
  Design Dilemmas: A way of understanding teacher approaches to co-designing physics curricula Katarzyna Pomian Bogdanov Contributed Poster Presentation
  Designing a computerized adaptive testing chain for the Force Concept Inventory Jun-ichiro Yasuda Contributed Poster Presentation
  Developing Coupled, Multiple-Response Assessments by Leveraging Generative-AI in Physics Ravishankar Chatta Subramanium Symposium Talk
  Developing Tools For Professional Societies to Better Understand Students' Motivations and Needs Reidyn Wingate Contributed Poster Presentation
  Developing a responsive professional development survey (RPDS) for high school physics teachers Hamideh Talafian Contributed Poster Presentation
  Development and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Learning Assessments in Physics using Generative-AI N. Sanjay Rebello Symposium Talk
  Digging in: Attending to students’ epistemic emotions while computationally modeling in physics Luke D. Conlin Contributed Poster Presentation
  Does it stick? A longitudinal study of introductory physics for life sciences at a small college Ben Geller and Catherine Crouch Plenary
  Emergent Explicit Regulation: Contrasting Group Behavior at Two Different Times Andrew Burns Contributed Poster Presentation
  Enhancing the Learning Science and Engineering with Electronic Spreadsheets Cycle with Generative Artificial Intelligence: A case of study Erika Cervantes Juárez Contributed Poster Presentation
  Epistemic Messages and Reflections In a Calculus-based Intro-Physics Classroom Idris Malik Contributed Poster Presentation
  Epistemic and social features of the emergence of insights in collaborative sensemaking Tom Reshef-Israeli Symposium Talk
  Evaluating students' self-efficacy with respect to computational methods in the undergraduate physics curriculum Gregory Gallagher Contributed Poster Presentation
  Evaluation of long-term use of computational exercises in teaching a general astronomy course Raymond Zich Contributed Poster Presentation
  Examining Communal Classroom Cultures: Comparing Physics Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions Chelsea Mateu Contributed Poster Presentation
  Examining the experiences of physics and astronomy graduate teaching assistants using photovoice David Seiden Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring Empathy in Physics: Insights From Faculty Identity Engagement Alia Hamdan Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring Impacts of Outreach on a National Sample of Undergraduate Physics Students Jonathan Perry Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring Large Language Models as Formative Feedback Tools in Physics Shams El-Adawy Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring Retrieval Practice Paired with Problem-Solving Prompts in Introductory Undergraduate Physics Carina M Rebello Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Experiences with Standards-Based Grading. Louis Leblond Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring a First-Year Physics Graduate Student’s Self-Efficacy Using Mixed Methods Vicky Phun Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring access in computing and active learning course materials Theodore Bott Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring how physics and astronomy graduate programs describe their culture using natural language processing Nicholas Young Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring intersectionality as a Physics education research methodology Toluwalase Akanbi-Akinlolu Community Connection
  Exploring retention rates in physics graduate programs Christopher Overton Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring student beliefs of traditional physics laboratory coursework in relation to authentic research Micah Kretchmer Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring student reasoning about circuits using reasoning chain construction tasks J. Caleb Speirs Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring the Application of the Rasch Model in Teaching Fermi-Dirac Distribution Guofu Ma Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring the Directionality of Integration Between the Quantitative and Qualitative Sources for a Mixed Methods Research Design Carissa Myers Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring the Historic Origin of Cultural Gatekeeping in Physics Education Daniel Sharkey Contributed Poster Presentation
  Exploring the Impact of an Inquiry-Based Radioactivity Lab on Individual Student Interest in Physics keshab R. Pokharel Contributed Poster Presentation
  Facilitating Analogical Reasoning in Physics Using Generative-AI Amogh Sirnoorkar Symposium Talk
  Faculty perceptions of the use of Teaching Innovations in Second-Year Physics Yessi Affriyenni Contributed Poster Presentation
  Finding the Write Approach: Improving Upper-year Physics Undergraduates' Writing Skills Through Ungrading Carolyn Sealfon Contributed Poster Presentation
  Fluids Conceptual Evaluation: Where are we now and where are we going? Dan Young Contributed Poster Presentation
  Fostering PER at WPI:  A Path of Collaborative Engagement, Challenges, and Growth Thomas Noviello Plenary
  Framing: A lens to understand and address student difficulties with Visual Python in University Physics Hannah M. Kramer Contributed Poster Presentation
  From Courses to Careers, we’d like your input on a disability and accessibility workshop! Daryl McPadden Contributed Poster Presentation
  From Research to Resources: Assessing Students’ Understanding and Skills in Quantum Computing Beth Thacker Contributed Poster Presentation
  Gaining power and shaping space through helping in introductory physics classes Lauren C. Bauman Contributed Poster Presentation
  Gateway2STEM: Leveraging Course-Based Communities of Transformation to Affect Change Jessica Rosenberg Contributed Poster Presentation
  Generative writing as a mechanism for professional development in STEM Education Research Kayleigh Patterson Contributed Poster Presentation
  Homework corrections in upper-division physics courses: student and instructor motivations Molly Griston Contributed Poster Presentation
  How Computational Physics Students Improve their Computational Literacy Karl Henrik Fredly Contributed Poster Presentation
  How speed on basic STEM skills mediates demographic variations in course grades. Harish Moni Prakash Contributed Poster Presentation
  Identifying Barriers to STEM in underrepresented groups Anika K Jones Contributed Poster Presentation
  Impact of Open-Access Supplemental Materials in an Introductory E&M Course James K. Hirons Contributed Poster Presentation
  Incorporating computational exercises into the undergraduate physics curriculum Rayn Samson Contributed Poster Presentation
  Initiating PER Collaborations with Two-Year Colleges Kristine Lui Community Connection
  Initiating PER Collaborations with Two-Year Colleges Abigail Daane, Anthony Escuadro, and Sherry Savrda Plenary
  Instructors' Views on a Flexible Assessment Design Jesse Kruse Contributed Poster Presentation
  Instructors' equity-focused goals shape undergraduate women's experiences in physics: A comparative analysis of three physics departments' cultures Lisabeth Marie Santana Contributed Poster Presentation
  Interpreting and understanding Learning Assistants' experiences from personal reflections Benjamin W. Dreyfus Contributed Poster Presentation
  Introductory and advanced students' difficulties with heat transfer using a validated conceptual survey instrument Mary Jane Brundage Contributed Poster Presentation
  Introductory and advanced students’ difficulties with thermodynamic work David E Meltzer Contributed Poster Presentation
  Introductory physics students who typically worked with peers had higher grades during COVID Apekshya Ghimire Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating Self-Regulated Learning as a Framework for Research-Based Assessment Feedback Parker E Poulos Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement Benjamin Zwickl Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating how interactive lecture tutorials in algebra-based physics support student learning Al K. Snow Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating measures of graduate student retention Bill Bridges Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating outcomes for physics faculty in a change leadership institute and characterizing the physics programs that participate Robert P. Dalka Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigating student perceptions of creativity and generative ai in computational physics Pachi Her Contributed Poster Presentation
  Investigation of physics departments' assessment and change practices Nathalia Sarai Martinez Garcia Contributed Poster Presentation
  Is answer-seeking a pathway to sensemaking? Marc Whiting Contributed Poster Presentation
  It's not just the writing: Designing science notebooks to engage youth in informal environments Cai E. Cash Contributed Poster Presentation
  Journal Editors' Roundtable Discussion with Q&A Beth Parks Round Table Discussion
  Key features of a successful Introductory Physics for Life Sciences (IPLS) course ecosystem Lundy Zheng Contributed Poster Presentation
  Large Language Models for Assessment in Physics Gerd Kortemeyer Symposium Talk
  Learners' engagement in sensemaking Shulamit Kapon Talk Symposium
  Learning about Radioactivity via Synthetic Groupwork in Introductory Physics Michael M. Hull Contributed Poster Presentation
  Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning of Physics Amogh Sirnoorkar Talk Symposium
  Life Science Students’ Conceptions about Fluid Dynamics Dawn Meredith Contributed Poster Presentation
  Living in the tensions: Investigations of gender performativity in STEM Noah Leibnitz Contributed Poster Presentation
  MSM Framework: AR Model of the Force on a Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field Michele W. McColgan Contributed Poster Presentation
  Managing intuition in collaborative problem solving: a case study of beyond-intro chemistry and physics students Ebba Koerfer Contributed Poster Presentation
  Mapping intent and impact of activity design in a computationally integrated physics course Sarah McHale Contributed Poster Presentation
  Mapping students’ self-reported cognitive load, situational engagement, and attentional-cognitive states in an online multimedia learning module N. Sanjay Rebello Contributed Poster Presentation
  Mapping the literature landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning in physics education research Amir Bralin Symposium Talk
  Mathematical Reasoning in Algebra-Based Physics Charlotte Zimmerman Community Connection
  Mechanics Cognitive Diagnostic: Mathematics skills tested in introductory physics courses Vy Le Contributed Poster Presentation
  Methodological Activism in Physics Education Research: Conducting Research with Minoritized Populations Alexis V. Knaub Round Table Discussion
  Mid-career Physics Education Researchers Back on the job market Rebecca Lindell Community Connection
  Non Sensemaking: A commognitive analysis of teachers' discussions about measurement uncertainty Ofek Sivan Symposium Talk
  Norwegian Teachers' Views on Programming in Physics and General Science Henning Vinjusveen Myhrehagen Contributed Poster Presentation
  Participatory Action Research in Physics Education Research Rebecca Rosenblatt Contributed Poster Presentation
  Performance of freely available vision-capable chatbots on the test of understanding graphs in kinematics Giulia Polverini Contributed Poster Presentation
  Perspectives from Graduate Students on Their Experiences in NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Jonan-Rohi S. Plueger Contributed Poster Presentation
  Physics Education Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Jennifer Docktor Plenary
  Physics Instructor Views on course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) Rachael Merritt Contributed Poster Presentation
  Physics graduate students' perspectives on oral candidacy exams Lilit Sargsyan Contributed Poster Presentation
  PhysicsLlama: Bridging the Educational Divide with a Contextualized Large Language Model Ehsan Latif Symposium Talk
  Playing around with theory: Multiple perspectives on student activity in an introductory lab Ian Descamps Contributed Poster Presentation
  Practicing Physicist’s Perception of the Viability of Physics Teacher and Professor Careers for Individuals with Disabilities Daniel Oleynik Contributed Poster Presentation
  Pre-class preparation and team dynamics: evaluating the readiness assurance process in physics education Børge Irgens Contributed Poster Presentation
  Pre-lab video boosts Z-score understanding in introductory physics labs Tianlong Zu Contributed Poster Presentation
  Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Understanding of Scientific Inquiry Ying Cao Contributed Poster Presentation
  Professional development programs for Graduate Teaching Assistants across three STEM disciplines Nishchal Thapa Magar Contributed Poster Presentation
  Providing Actionable Feedback to Instructors with a New Modular Thermodynamics Assessment M. T. Freeman Contributed Poster Presentation
  QISE Research, Resources and Community Beth Thacker Community Connection
  Quantifying qualitative analysis: AI-assisted thematic exploration in physics education Praveer Sharan Contributed Poster Presentation
  Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Initial Results from the One-Dimensional Kinematics Subscale John Stewart Symposium Talk
  Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Using Evidence Centered Design to Develop Valid, Equitable, and Flexible Items for Conceptual Understanding Rachel Henderson Symposium Talk
  Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Using Evidence Centered Design to Develop Valid, Equitable, and Flexible Items for Conceptual Understanding Rachel Henderson Contributed Poster Presentation
  Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Using Evidence Centered Design to Develop Valid, Equitable, and Flexible Items in Kinematics and Dynamics Andrew Heckler Talk Symposium
  Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Validation Framework for 1-D Kinematic Items Brett Ballard Contributed Poster Presentation
  Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course Steven W Tarr Contributed Poster Presentation
  Roundtable on NSF matters Eleanor C. Sayre Round Table Discussion
  Seeking Significance: Conducting and Disseminating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions David Syphers Round Table Discussion
  Sense of Belonging and Perceptions of Learning of STEM undergraduate students Toluwalase Akanbi-Akinlolu Contributed Poster Presentation
  Silent but significant: a case study of a quiet student in a small laboratory group Caitlin Mamaril Contributed Poster Presentation
  Skills for Guiding Students’ Career Success in a Physics Class Camila Atencio Contributed Poster Presentation
  Solo PER: Facilitating Connectivity and Cooperation Raymond Zich Round Table Discussion
  Strategies to learn with Large Language Models in Physics Education Stefan Küchemann Symposium Talk
  Student Perceptions of Online Homework Brianne Gutmann Contributed Poster Presentation
  Student perceptions of the quantum industry in an upper-division capstone course Kristin Oliver Contributed Poster Presentation
  Student understanding of divergence and curl in upper-division electricity and magnetism J. Toby Stuckey Contributed Poster Presentation
  Students attribute myriad cultural factors to their sense of physics Larissa J. G. Carter Contributed Poster Presentation
  Students reasoning with multi-variable expressions in the context of potential difference Safana Ismael Contributed Poster Presentation
  Students’ Perceptions of How Instruction Impacts Their Ideas Anne Alesandrini Contributed Poster Presentation
  Students’ development of quantum concepts through quantum board games Benjamin W. Dreyfus Contributed Poster Presentation
  Students’ sensemaking using pictorial analysis game in upper-level electrostatics Jaya Shivangani Kashyap Contributed Poster Presentation
  Supporting students' productive engagement with difficulties David Hammer Symposium Talk
  The Role of Cognitive Interviews in Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories Elaine Christman Symposium Talk
  The adaptation mindset: student evaluations of fairness in a conceptual mastery system Ryen Burris Contributed Poster Presentation
  Transparency tools for physics concepts: rotation of axes, vector cross product, superposition, etc. Jerome C. Licini Contributed Poster Presentation
  Understanding long-term impacts of youth's participation in an informal physics program: A qualitative pilot study Brean Prefontaine Contributed Poster Presentation
  Understanding sources of Belonging amongst upper division physics majors: Results from a sequential, explanatory mixed-methods study Daniel Pacheco Contributed Poster Presentation
  Universal Framework for Implementing Best Practices in Any Context Scott E. Allen Contributed Poster Presentation
  Using a Student Centered View of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Identify Student Use of Cultural Resources to Understand Physics Andrea Wooley Contributed Poster Presentation
  Using evaluation data to explore career pathways for low-income students Anne E. Leak Contributed Poster Presentation
  Validating Shorter Versions of the Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy Trevor I. Smith Contributed Poster Presentation
  Validating a measure of STEM Students’ SE for a Mixed Methods Research Design John Byrd Contributed Poster Presentation
  Validation of the Student Inclusive Teaching Strategies Inventory (ITSI-S) for instructional STEM laboratory settings Julia Willison Contributed Poster Presentation
  Whither PER? Past, Present, and Concerns about the Future Andrew J. Mason Community Connection
  Why are Culture-Based Approaches In Physics Needed? Clausell Mathis Contributed Poster Presentation
  `Your brain is actually kinda wiggly'': experiences of neurodiverse students in a large introductory physics class Anna McLean Phillips Contributed Poster Presentation
  “Construction workers for the bridge”: relationalities encountered by a physics teacher in an RET program Roshni Bano Contributed Poster Presentation