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DTSTART:20260414T180000Z
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LOCATION:B343 Sterling Hall and on Zoom https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/78
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SUMMARY:Physics Education Innovations at UW Madison\, Physics Educatio
 n Innovation Forum\, Ayshea Banes\, Isaac Barnhill\, Mihir Manna\, and
  Abdollah Mohammadi\, UW Madison Department of Physics
DESCRIPTION:This month we have updates on projects in physics educatio
 n that are being led by people in the Department of Physics. These stu
 dies have the potential to improve physics and other courses at UW and
  elsewhere. Please join us in learning about them and providing helpfu
 l comments.
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\nAyshea Banes: My research explores ways to center Bla
 ckness within the physics classroom and how this may transform the Eur
 ocentric pedagogy currently used to one that is culturally relevant an
 d community-based. Another topic I researched (with Erika Marin-Spiott
 a\, Dept. of Geography) was ways that anti-Blackness (more commonly kn
 own as white supremacy) appear within physics education and how by ide
 ntifying its exclusionary mechanisms/assimilationist norms may lead to
  roads of Black liberation.
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\nIsaac Barnhill (with Josh Weber & Pet
 er Timbie):  This experiment makes a controlled comparison between two
  different styles of instructional physics lab activity: traditional l
 abs which aim to reinforce content learned in the course lectures\, an
 d experimentation labs which aim to teach students the role of experim
 entation in science broadly\, and physics in particular. The study use
 s data from Physics 202 students to explore how students’ personal v
 iews on the nature and utility of experimentation are impacted by thei
 r lab curriculum and whether the new curriculum affects student exam s
 cores.
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\nMihir Manna (with Ben Spike): Our research is centered on 
 supporting strategic problem-solving approaches by students in Physics
  103. Specifically\, we are writing new discussion problems that encou
 rage students to choose their own high-level strategies\, rather than 
 following a traditional “fill in the blanks” structure that can li
 mit student agency. We hope that these prompts will help students gain
  a better appreciation for the usefulness of physics principles\, gene
 ralize such approaches to other contexts\, and feel more self-confiden
 t in their problem-solving ability.
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\nAbdollah Mohammadi:   
\nwill
  present the results of a recent survey on the use of artificial intel
 ligence (AI) tools in our physics service courses\, mainly 103\, 104\,
  201\, 202\, 207\, and 208. The survey explores how students engage wi
 th AI for learning\, problem-solving\, and testing their understanding
 \, as well as their perceptions of its benefits and limitations. Key f
 indings highlight trends in AI adoption\, including its role in enhanc
 ing conceptual understanding\, improving efficiency in coursework\, an
 d raising concerns about academic integrity. The results also reveal v
 ariations across different course levels and backgrounds. These findin
 gs could be useful to discuss and come up with some best practices for
  incorporating AI in a way that supports learning while maintaining ri
 gorous academic standards.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=9657
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