2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

Session

(DPE) M3-7 Student Competition Session | Session du concours étudiant (DEP)

M3-7

22 Jun 2026, 16:15

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

649. Introductory Electronics for Scientists: Effects of high-integration approach on critical thinking lab skills and epistemological beliefs in physics undergraduates

Sophie Della Manna (Brock University)

22/06/2026, 16:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral Competition (Undergraduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 1er cycle)

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...

566. Assessing the Urban-Rural Gap in Ontario High School Enrolment Choices

Michaela Hishon (University of Guelph)

22/06/2026, 16:30

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

Gendered patterns persist within specific STEM subjects in Ontario high schools, with physics remaining male-dominated and biology increasingly female-dominated. [1] Beyond gender, school location also impacts students’ opportunities in STEM. Rural schools are often smaller and less connected to nearby institutions, which can make staffing specialized courses challenging, which in turn limits...

497. Comparison of the experiences of Female and Male Students in taking Labatorials

Ms Lydie Lachance Djilo Kamdem (Concordia University)

22/06/2026, 16:45

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

It has been shown “that female students with A’s have similar physics self-efficacy as male students with C’s in introductory courses. Also female students are less likely to see themselves as a physics person than male students” (Marshman, Yasemin Kalender, Nokes-Malach, Schunn, Singh, 2018)). See also Yangqiuting Li, Kyle Whitcomb, and Chandralekha Singh (2020) and Hazari, Tai & Sadler...

602. An Introductory Experiment in Second Harmonic Generation

Urja Nandivada

22/06/2026, 17:00

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

This project is part of a comprehensive revision of the Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Curriculum at the University of Waterloo, supported by the Dean's Undergraduate Teaching Initiative, Waterloo Science Endowment Fund (WatSEF), and the Sinclair Foundation.

I have designed an introductory-level experiment on Second Harmonic Generation (SHG). SHG is a nonlinear optical process in which...