21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Introductory Electronics for Scientists: Effects of high-integration approach on critical thinking lab skills and epistemological beliefs in physics undergraduates

22 Jun 2026, 16:15
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral Competition (Undergraduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 1er cycle) Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP) (DPE) M3-7 Student Competition Session | Session du concours étudiant (DEP)

Speaker

Sophie Della Manna (Brock University)

Description

The landscape of student learning in undergraduate physics courses has gone through a gradual shift that has taken place after 2020. This study aims to address this fundamental shift among a group of physics undergraduates taking a second-year introductory electronics course. In changing the modality of learning to revolve around a book written specifically for the course (Introductory Electronics for Scientists), the lecture and laboratory materials become closely coupled. The impact of this high-integration approach is assessed using survey data and interviews on students' laboratory skills, epistemological beliefs, and learning habits tracked over the duration of the course. Results and outcomes from the Winter 2025-2026 cohort will be discussed, with implications for future practice.

Keyword-1 undergraduate
Keyword-2 lab skills
Keyword-3 instructional methodology

Authors

Dr Edward Sternin (Brock University) Dr Ivana Komljenovic Metcalf (Brock University) Sophie Della Manna (Brock University)

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