Madison Swirtz presented their new project, “Forces First” at the ESERA Summer School in Almería, Spain in June, 2025. The European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) aims to: Enhance the range and quality of research and research training in science education in Europe. Provide a forum for collaboration in science education research between European countries. […]
Read MoreLilian Arriaza, an undergraduate student from Farmingdale State College in New York, presented her work at the University of Utah Fall 2025 Research Symposium. Lilian was a remote student in the Summer 2025 Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR), and presented a poster remotely on her project, “Enhancing Teaching Assistants’ Ability to Support Student Social […]
Read MoreMia Longen and Rosie Durland, two former REU students with CISER, met at the 2025 Summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and Physics Education Research Conference (PERC). The conference took place in Washington, DC. from August 2-7, 2025. Mia presented her REU work on the Thinking Quantum-ly project from Summer 2025 […]
Read MoreNathan Li, a University of Utah undergraduate student in Physics & Astronomy, presented his summer project at the UU Summer Research Symposium on July 31, 2025. Nathan participated in the University of Utah’s Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) and presented a poster entitled, “Teaching the Teachers: Preparing TA/LAs Recognize and Respond to Sensemaking“. Congratulations […]
Read MoreMia Longen, an undergraduate REU student from the University of Washington, Bothell presented the results of her REU project at the University of Utah Summer Research Symposium on July 31, 2025 . The title of her poster was, “Navigating Unfamiliar Quantum Ideas through Classical Analogies“, and Mia presented a preliminary analysis of interviews with 10 […]
Read MoreShi Davis, a first-year graduate student in the PhD program in Physics & Astronomy completed her Fall-2025 semester rotation with CISER. Shi spent time learning about resources theory, qualitative methods, and looking into a project related to student intuitions in quantum mechanics. It was great working with you Shi!!!
Read MoreMarc Whiting successfully defended his Master’s thesis in the Learning Sciences graduate program on June 3, 2025! Marc’s thesis is entitled, “Beyond Classical Sensemaking: What are Students’ Epistemological Approaches Towards Thinking Quantumly?” CONGRATULATIONS Marc and good luck with your next steps!!!
Read MoreMadison Swirtz, a fourth year PhD student in the Physics and Astronomy Department, joined CISER in May, 2025. Madison is leading a project related to student reasoning in a reformed introductory physics course that teaches forces and Newton’s Laws before kinematics. WELCOME MADISON!!!
Read MoreThis page originally appeared in @THEU & CoS The March issue of Nature Physics, a premier academic publication, was all about education. Physics Education Research (PER) is a scientific field of study in which researchers collect and analyze data related to the learning environment. “Physics curricula and education systems have remained largely unchanged for decades, and much […]
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