Physical Review Physics Education Research

Article	Citations
Recognizing dominant cultures around assessment and educational change in physics programs	142
Do students think that objects have a true definite position?	94
Motivation, demographics, and engagement during COVID-19 in an astrobiology massive open online course	84
Leveraging scientific modeling to engage pre-med undergraduates in physics lab courses	78
Open-inquiry opens doors to intriguing optics experiments at home: A case study	75
Astronomy identity framework for undergraduate students and researchers	64
Combining physics education and machine learning research to measure evidence of students’ mechanistic sensemaking	54
Student attitudes toward quantum information science and technology in a high school outreach program	54
Implementation of the photovoice methodology in a project-based upper-division physics course	53
Group dynamics in inquiry-based labs: Gender inequities and the efficacy of partner agreements	38
Contributing factors to the improvement of conceptual understanding in a computer-based intervention in Newtonian dynamics	31
Extending curricular analytics to analyze undergraduate physics programs	30
Other spaces for young women’s identity work in physics: Resources accessed through university-adjacent informal physics learning contexts in Sweden	29
Exploring gender differences in the Force Concept Inventory using a random effects meta-analysis of international studies	26
Metacognition and epistemic cognition in physics are related to physics identity through the mediation of physics self-efficacy	26
Do female and male students’ physics motivational beliefs change in a two-semester introductory physics course sequence?	26
Comparison of men and women’s motivation of choosing physics teaching or nonteaching trajectory	25
Improving student understanding of the number of distinct many-particle states for a system of identical particles with a fixed number of available single-particle states	24
Editorial: Call for Papers for Focused Collection of Physical Review Physics Education Research : Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research	24
Development of a multiple-choice test to assess critical thinking in climate change	22
Psychometric evaluation of the culture around systemic change survey: A tool for assessing facets of departmental culture in physics	21
Students’ understanding of the 2D heat equation: An action, process, object, schema approach	20
Students’ eye movement behaviors in solving physics problems with different information structures	19
Development of a global landscape of undergraduate physics laboratory courses	19
Second quantum revolution: The progressive design of an approach to value its cultural and conceptual scope	18

Impact of inquiry-based teaching and group composition on students’ understanding of the nature of science in college physics laboratory	18
Teachers’ experiences with taking an open-ended approach in teaching labs in high school physics classes	18
Distinguishing between students’ conceptual understanding and reasoning approaches: An application of dual-process theories	18
Using drawing to study student research experiences	17
Modeling when and how physics Ph.D. students search for a research group: The role of interests and prior research experiences in timely group integration	17
Collaborative physics teachers: Enhancing the use of the laboratory through action research in a community of learners	17
Central role of personnel in informal physics programming	17
Evaluating IBM’s Watson natural language processing artificial intelligence as a short-answer categorization tool for physics education research	17
Guiding principles for change in undergraduate education: An analysis of a departmental team’s change effort	17
Bridging the novice-expert gap: The role of inhibitory control and interventions in overcoming buoyancy misconceptions	17
Qualitative investigation of students’ cross-disciplinary understanding of energy concepts	16
Reply to “Comment on ‘Examining the effect of counternarratives about physics on women’s physics career intentions’ ”	16
Long and winding road toward change in teachers’ goals and orientations in the instructional lab	16
Test of understanding of electric field, force, and flux: A reliable multiple-choice assessment tool	16
Towards mapping the landscape of informal physics educational activities	15
Nature of heat inventory: Assessing student understanding of thermal processes in kinetic molecular terms	15
Expert perspectives on the future of quantum physics education at the secondary level	15
Gaze patterns enhance response prediction: More than correct or incorrect	15
Characterizing discourse group roles in inquiry-based university science labs	15
Characterizing decision-making opportunities in undergraduate physics coursework	15
Exploratory analysis of students’ open-ended responses describing their perception of course inclusivity in an introductory physics course	15
Physics demonstrations, science show, or hands-on practical work? Exploring students’ intrinsic motivation	14
Investigating the efficacy of attending to reflexive cognitive processes in the context of Newton’s second law	14
Mandatory retrieval test to incentivize retrieval practice of physics principles	13
Designing e-learning courses for classroom and distance learning in physics: The role of learning tasks	13
Effect of representation format on conceptual question performance and eye-tracking measures	13
Leveraging generative artificial intelligence for simulation-based physics experiments: A new approach to virtual learning about the real world	13
Investigating the impact of problem properties on introductory and advanced student responses to introductory thermodynamics conceptual problems	13
Effect of group type on group performance in peer-collaborated two-round physics problem solving	13
Modern physics courses: Understanding the content taught in the U.S.	13
Making context explicit in equation construction and interpretation: Symbolic blending	12
Motivation and needs of informal physics practitioners	12
Energy as a source of preservice teachers’ conceptions about radioactivity	12
Assessing physics quantitative literacy development in algebra-based physics	12
Unveiling the influence of pedagogical content knowledge in questioning on college students’ conceptual learning of introductory physics	12
Assessment of student knowledge integration in learning work and mechanical energy	12
Development and validation of a conceptual multiple-choice survey instrument to assess student understanding of introductory thermodynamics	12
Development and reliability analysis of a split-administration test of the math epistemic games survey	12
Applying module analysis to the Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment	12
Does the dog in the car have kinetic energy? A multiage case study in the challenges of conceptual change	11
Young women’s longitudinal identity negotiations in physics and mathematics throughout upper secondary education	11
Dynamics of collaborative modeling in an ill-structured real-world problem	11
Using representational gesture to enact instants in collaborative problem solving in physics	11
Inventory of Galilean Transformation of uniform linear motion in position-time graphs	11
Role of departmental support structures and self-efficacy on physics student persistence: An examination of students’ experience from 19 physics graduate programs	11
Assessment of conceptual understanding in student learning of evaporation	11
Can large language models correctly interpret equations with errors?	11
Self-efficacy and conceptual knowledge in quantum mechanics during teaching reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Analyzing identity trajectories within the physics community	11
Taking introductory physics in studio, lecture, or online format: What difference does it make in subsequent courses, and for whom?	11

Concept image framework for derivatives from contour graphs	11
Encouraging students to understand the 1D wave equation	11
When AI evaluates its own work: Validating learner-initiated, AI-generated physics practice problems	10
Longitudinal trends of high school physics students’ perceptions of experience, difficulty, and development in a long-term inquiry framework	10
Student sensemaking on electrostatics problems involving the method of images through the lens of epistemic game framework	10
How gender composition and group formation impact the effectiveness of group work in two-stage collaborative exams	10
Enrollment to exams: Perceived stress dynamics among first-year physics students	10
Using the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism to investigate progression in student understanding from introductory to advanced levels	10
Examination of students’ quantum physics knowledge construction with peers and metacognitive evaluations	10
Graduate program reform in one department of physics and astronomy: A case study of students’ experiences with early new policy	10
Endorsement of gender stereotypes affects high school students’ science identity	10
Educational reconstruction of nuclear astrophysics in a design-based research project	10
Do we have a quantum computer? Expert perspectives on current state and future prospects	10
Role of analogies with classical physics in introductory quantum physics teaching	9
Effects of male-dominated physics culture on undergraduate women	9
Overcoming the more measurements, the better intuitive heuristic in physics data evaluation: The role of inhibitory control	9
Physicality, modeling, and agency in a computational physics class	9
Investigating student ability to follow reasoning chains: The role of conceptual understanding	9
Self-efficacy changes and gender effects on self-efficacy in a large-scale robotic telescope focused curriculum	9
Context affects student thinking about sources of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics	9
Sense of belonging is an important predictor of introductory physics students’ academic performance	9
Validation of two test anxiety scales for physics undergraduate courses through confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis	9
Graph theoretical methods for understanding student social interactions in physics classrooms	9
Development, evaluation, and gender differences in a novel workshop intervention to narrow the physics gender gap at postcompulsory level	9
Analyzing problem solving in secondary physics education: A rubric-guided approach to explore individual learning needs	9
Hybrid teaching: A tale of two populations	9
Exploring physics teacher identity: Pathways toward equitable instruction among teachers	9
Evaluation of a new teaching-learning sequence on the particulate nature of matter using crystal structures	9
Implementation and goals of quantum optics experiments in undergraduate instructional labs	9
Using a research-based assessment instrument to explore undergraduate students’ proficiencies around measurement uncertainty in physics lab contexts	8
Preservice physics teachers’ nonroutine problem-posing process: Metacognitive strategies and beliefs	8
Performance of ChatGPT on the test of understanding graphs in kinematics	8
Beyond normalized gain: Improved comparison of physics educational outcomes	8
Quantum mechanics curriculum in the U.S.: Quantifying the instructional time, content taught, and paradigms used	8
Identifying student conceptual resources for understanding physics: A practical guide for researchers	8
Evaluating a department-wide initiative incorporating computational methods into the undergraduate physics curriculum	8
Seeing quantum effects in experiments	8
Impact of perceived recognition by physics instructors on women’s self-efficacy and interest	8
Educational data augmentation in physics education research using ChatGPT	8
Network analysis of graduate program support structures through experiences of various demographic groups	8
Investigating peer recognition across an introductory physics sequence: Do first impressions last?	8
Impact of more realistic and earlier practice exams on student metacognition, study behaviors, and exam performance	8
Exploring techniques to improve machine learning’s identification of at-risk students in physics classes	8
Limiting case analysis in an electricity and magnetism course	8
Enhancing peer instruction in physics: Understanding cognitive processes and refining rules	8
Relationship between semiotic representations and student performance in the context of refraction	8
Predicting community college astronomy performance through logistic regression	8
Improving student understanding of fermionic and bosonic wave function	7
Professional contexts of physics instructional labs: More than technical support	7
Analyzing the history of physics education in the USA and Europe through natural language processing	7
Empirical insights into the effects of research-based teaching strategies in quantum education	7
High-stakes exams inflate a gender gap and contribute to systematic grading errors in one introductory physics series	7
Could an artificial-intelligence agent pass an introductory physics course?	7
Investigating and improving student understanding of the basics of quantum computing	7
Visualizing and predicting the path to an undergraduate physics degree at two different institutions	7
Incorporating explicit discussions on the duality of reasoning into physics instruction	7
Global blind spot in understanding trigonometric derivatives: A multinational analysis	7
Undergraduate physics students’ experiences: Exploring the impact of underrepresented identities and intersectionality	7
Using expectancy-value theory to understand the teaching motivations of women physics lecturers	7
Student difficulties and alternative conceptions in learning particle motion in force fields	7
Gaze behavior as a key to revealing strategies for identifying indirectly proportional graphs in thermodynamic and mathematical context	7
Who and what gets recognized in peer recognition	7
Reinforcing mindware or supporting cognitive reflection: Testing two strategies for addressing a persistent learning challenge in the context of air resistance	7
How to evaluate students’ decisions in a data comparison problem: Correct decision for the wrong reasons?	7
How do physics students evaluate artificial intelligence responses on comprehension questions? A study on the perceived scientific accuracy and linguistic quality of ChatGPT	7
Generative AI for feedback and collaborative knowledge construction in preservice physics teacher education	7
Recognition and conversion of electric field representations: The case of electric field lines	7
Augmenting learning environments using AI custom chatbots: Effects on learning performance, cognitive load, and affective variables	7
Assessment of expert decisions in graduate quantum mechanics	7
Gender differences in grades versus grade penalties: Are grade anomalies more detrimental for female physics majors?	6
Absence of a COVID-induced academic drop in high-school physics learning	6
Trends and themes of twenty years of physics education research: A bibliometric analysis of PRPER publications	6
Assessment of knowledge integration in student learning of galvanic cell: An interdisciplinary approach connecting physics and chemistry	6
Students’ experience of cultural differences between mathematics and physics	6
Examining the relation of high school preparation and college achievement to conceptual understanding	6
What makes digital learning effective? Evaluation of a digital learning module about positron emission tomography	6
Investigating introductory and advanced students’ difficulties with entropy and the second law of thermodynamics using a validated instrument	6
Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics	6
Comparison of two semiotic perspectives: How do students use representations in physics?	6
How students can use coherence to reconstruct a partially forgotten equation	6

Students’ metacognition knowledge and skills during physics problem-solving process	6
Interactive homework to support student learning of measurement uncertainty in quantum mechanics	6
Effectiveness of conceptual-framework-based instruction on promoting knowledge integration in learning simple electric circuit	6
How to design research-aligned diversity, equity, and inclusion interventions in physics	6
Harnessing active engagement in educational videos: Enhanced visuals and embedded questions	6
Visual representation of optical content in China’s and Singapore’s junior secondary physics textbooks	6
Impact of outreach on physics student development: Quantitative results from a national survey	6
Effect of an inquiry-based teaching sequence on secondary school students’ understanding of wave optics	6
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduates’ knowledge and interest in quantum careers: Barriers and opportunities to building a diverse quantum workforce	5
Comment on “How perception of learning environment predicts male and female students’ grades and motivational outcomes in algebra-based introductory physics courses”	5
Testing quantum reasoning: Developing, validating, and application of a questionnaire	5
Investigating students’ self-identified and reflected appraisal of femininity, masculinity, and androgyny in introductory physics courses	5
Redesigning a first year physics lab course on the basis of the procedural and conceptual knowledge in science model	5
Characterizing social behavior patterns in teaching assistant interactions with students	5
Descending an inclined plane with a large language model	5
Importance of accounting for student identities and intersectionality for creating equitable and inclusive physics learning environments	5
Uncovering student conceptual structure by a multimethod evaluation of the energy and momentum conceptual survey	5
Exploring generative AI assisted feedback writing for students’ written responses to a physics conceptual question with prompt engineering and few-shot learning	5
Assessing high school students’ understanding of friction force: A cognitive diagnostic modeling approach	5
Student gender modulates the intersection of calculus proficiency and calculus self-efficacy in an introductory electricity and magnetism course	5
Investigating introductory and advanced students’ difficulties with change in internal energy, work, and heat transfer using a validated instrument	5
Students’ understanding of two-variable calculus concepts in mathematics and physics contexts. I. The partial derivative and the directional derivative	5
New perspectives on student reasoning about measurement uncertainty: More or better data	5
Implementation of an investigative science learning environment based laboratory course taught by novice instructors	5
Investigating undergraduate students’ views about the process of experimental physics	5
Taking on a manager role can support women’s physics lab identity development	5
Sensemaking and scientific modeling: Intertwined processes analyzed in the context of physics problem solving	5
Tracking students’ progression in developing understanding of energy using AI technologies	5
Presenting a STEM Ways of Thinking framework for engineering design-based physics problems	5
Ongoing effects of pandemic-imposed learning environment disruption on student attitudes	5
Is the Force Concept Inventory biased across the intersections of gender and race?	5
Learning enhancing emotions predict student retention: Multilevel emotions of Finnish university physics students in and outside learning situations	5
Effectiveness of science outreach labs with and without connection to classroom learning: Affective and cognitive outcomes	5
Students’ difficulties with the Dirac delta function in quantum mechanics	5
Investigation of preservice physics teacher’s conceptual changes using the quantum interactive learning tutorials in Korea	5
Beyond named methods: A typology of active learning based on classroom observation networks	5
Use of hands-on classroom experiments as physical analogies in student discussion	5
Using multiple representations to improve student understanding of quantum states	5
Perceptions of interdisciplinary critical thinking among biology and physics undergraduates	5
Correlations between student connectivity and academic performance: A pandemic follow-up	4
Comparative analysis of spins-first and wave functions-first students’ understanding of expressions in quantum mechanics	4
How mixed reality shifts visual attention and success in experimental problem solving	4
Method to assess the trustworthiness of machine coding at scale	4
Advancing clustering methods in physics education research: A case for mixture models	4
Female physics students gain from facilitating informal physics programs	4
Role of inhibition in overcoming interferences of misconception under similar feature saliency: An eye-tracking study of the projectile motion problem	4
Network analysis of students’ conceptual understanding of mathematical expressions for probability in upper-division quantum mechanics	4
Analysis and comparison of students’ conceptual understanding of symmetry arguments in Gauss’s and Ampere’s laws	4
Physics teachers’ professional development on measurement uncertainty: A commognitive approach	4
Examining the effect of counternarratives about physics on women’s physics career intentions	4
Physics Ph.D. student perspectives on the importance and difficulty of finding a research group	4
Assessing thinking skills in free-response exam problems: Pandemic online and in-person	4
How women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer physics doctoral students navigate graduate education: The roles of professional environments and social networks	4
How to help students learn: An investigation of how in- and pre-service physics teachers respond to students’ explanations	4
Students’ views of experimental physics after participating in lab courses with open-ended activities	4
Evidence for a normal distribution of normalized gains	4
Persistence, context, and visual strategy of graph understanding: Gaze patterns reveal student difficulties in interpreting graphs	4
Critical issues in statistical causal inference for observational physics education research	4
Investigating changes in student views of measurement uncertainty in an introductory physics lab course using clustering algorithms	4
Percent grade scale amplifies racial or ethnic inequities in introductory physics	4
How and why physics faculty share their identities with students: Four personas	4
Inclusive teaching strategies are not widely used by male physics instructors	4
Self-select groups increase stability but reduce collaboration in high school physics	4
Investigating the design-science connection in a multiweek engineering design-based introductory physics laboratory task	4
Response-shift bias in student self-efficacy during an actively taught physics course	4
Variability in student reasoning about radioactive decay as a stochastic process	4
Evolution of response time and accuracy on online mastery practice assignments for introductory physics students	4
Relating students’ social belonging and course performance across multiple assessment types in a calculus-based introductory physics 1 course	4
Cheat sites and artificial intelligence usage in online introductory physics courses: What is the extent and what effect does it have on assessments?	4
Students’ perspectives on computational challenges in physics class	4
Reducing procrastination on introductory physics online homework for college students using a planning prompt intervention	4
Assessment designs of instructional labs: A literature review and a design model	4
Roles of mathematics in physics education: A systematic review	4
Erratum: Investigating introductory and advanced students’ difficulties with change in internal energy, work, and heat transfer using a validated instrument [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 20 , 0	4
Comparing students’ learning and development of scientific abilities with apparatus-based versus video-based experimentation	3
Exploring the role of human-AI collaboration in solving scientific problems	3
Challenges in sensemaking and reasoning in the context of degenerate perturbation theory in quantum mechanics	3
Editorial: Discontinuation of short papers in PRPER	3
Difficulties in diagram interpretation in physics: An eye-tracking study of visual attention and diagram interpretation strategies	3
Exploring the sequential structure of students’ physics problem-solving approaches using process mining and sequence analysis	3
Comparing conceptual learning in Zoom and in-class sections of college physics	3
Fields in middle school energy instruction to support continued learning of energy	3
Metarepresentational competence in quantum mechanics change of basis problems	3
Workplace climate forLGBT+physicists: A view from students a	3
Comparing introductory undergraduate physics learning and behavior before and after the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Statistically equivalent models with different causal structures: An example from physics identity	3
Development and validation of the ray optics in converging lenses concept inventory	3
Student conceptual resources for understanding electric circuits	3
Teacher learning about the integration of energy and equity: A case study	3
Surveying the state of writing education in physics and astronomy	3
Examining the mismatch between the intended astronomy curriculum content, astronomical literacy, and the astronomical universe	3
Incentivizing supplemental math assignments and using AI-generated hints is associated with improved exam performance	3
Recitation tasks revamped? Students’ perceptions of smartphone-based experimental and programming tasks in introductory mechanics	3
Race-evasive frames in physics and physics education: Results from an interview study	3
Written instruction that significantly promotes science learning	3