Physics Education Research (PER)
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
- 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 - DC circuits: II. Evidence for fine grained contextual dependence
Eur. J. Phys. 38 (2017) 015702 (20pp) - DC circuits: I. Identification of foothold ideas in DC circuits
Eur. J. Phys. 38 (2017) 015701 (22pp) - 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. - Student difficulties in vectors: foothold ideas
SAIP Conf. Proc. 2016, ISBN: 978-0-620-77094-1 - 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