Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can't offer. Yet, it's challenging for those in Physics Education Research (PER) to ...

Physics is often considered a challenging subject, but effective teaching combined with hands-on experiments can make it easier to grasp.

It's near the start of a new semester of physics. Many faculty are working on their plans for introductory physics courses. How many tests should there be? What about homework? Do I want to cover ...

The spring semester was mostly through virtual instruction, but what do the in-person classes held on campus look like? The photo series “A look at in-person classes during COVID” shows what ...

General Physics for Majors course designed by CU Boulder Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts The Nobel laureate ...

"My job is to get kids excited about science and to give them confidence." A community college professor in Virginia is doing all he can to make physics "phun" for his students. David Wright, Ph.D., ...

This past Sunday at commencement, Harvey Mudd College graduated more female physics majors than male. For the first time in the College’s history, 52% of the 25 physics majors in the class of 2016 ...