November 16, 2018
Kelsey wins Excellence in Teaching Award
PhD student Kelsey Funkhouser has been awarded an Excellence-in-Teaching Citation from the College of Natural Science.
October 19, 2018
Abhilash and Vashti Publish Paper About Using an IOLab to Visualize Equipotential Lines
Graduate student Abhilash Nair and PERL co-director Vashti Sawtelle have published an article in The Physics Teacher about Real-time Visualization of Equipotential Lines Using the IOLab.
September 5, 2018
Vashti Publishes Article About an Analytic Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning
PERL co-director Vashti Sawtelle, PERL alumni K.K. Mashood, and colleagues have published an article in Life Science Education titled Developing an Analytical Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning about Complex Processes.
August 30, 2018
Angie publishes article in The Physics Teacher
Angie Little and colleague published a paper in The Physics Teacher titled On the Importance of Engaging Students in Crafting Definitions.
June 1, 2018
Katie Publishes Article on a Critical Look at Physics Identity
Prof. Katie Hinko and her collaborators, Simone Hyater-Adams, Claudia Fracchiolla, Noah Finkelstein, have published an article investigating a framework for examining race and physics identity.
May 11, 2018
Vashti Publishes Article on Modeling Instruction for University Physics
PERL co-director Vashti Sawtelle and colleagues have published an article on Modeling Instruction for University Physics in the European Journal of Physics
March 21, 2018
Dr. Daryl McPadden Defends Her PhD!
Daryl McPadden successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations Daryl!
March 13, 2018
PERL Members Publish 10 PERC Papers
We're proud to announce that the PERL Team has contributed to 10 PERC Papers in 2017.
February 8, 2018
Prof. Katie Hinko Wins $10,000 S3 Grant
Prof. Katie Hinko is leading a team that was awarded a $10,000 Science and Society @ State grant. Working with Prof. Megan Halpern, their project titled: Hidden Value: Investigating the Physics Demonstration as Aesthetic Experience looks to explore physics demonstrations as meaningful experiences.