Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Physics Education Research

Physics Education Research (PER) helps to develop research-based curriculum, from students’ understanding of various topics in physics. Researchers use physics problem solving methods in the process.

Study Opportunities

Study opportunities are available for Honours, Masters and PhD.

Research

1. DC circuits: III. The complex terrain of sense-making
   European Journal of Physics. Eur. J. Phys. 40 (2019) 055704 (16pp), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ab3315
2. DC circuits: II. Evidence for fine grained contextual dependence
   Eur. J. Phys. 38 (2017) 015702 (20pp)
3. DC circuits: I. Identification of foothold ideas in DC circuits
   Eur. J. Phys. 38 (2017) 015701 (22pp)
4. DC circuits: Context dependence of student responses
   AIP Conf. Proc. 1513, 202 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4789687
   View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4789687
   Published by the American Institute of Physics.
5. Student difficulties in vectors: foothold ideas
   SAIP Conf. Proc. 2016, ISBN: 978-0-620-77094-1
6. Student understanding of DC circuits: fine-grained issues
   Proceedings of SAIP2014. SA Institute of Physics  ISBN: 978-0-620-65391-6

Contact

Dr Ignatius John
Department of Mathematics & Physics

Contact Details:
(+27) 021 959 6797
johni@cput.ac.za