Overview

The Texas Tech University Physics Education Research Group presently consists of Prof. Thacker and three graduate students, Kyle Wipfli, Eric Ji and Yaren Ulu. They are working on assessing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Learning Assistants (LAs) in an inquiry-based physics class, graduate students' understanding of symmetry and conservation laws in classical mechanics and students' understanding of Quantum Computing (QC) at the undergraduate level. Dr. Thacker welcomes graduate students who are interested in physics education research.

Research Topics

• Assessing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Learning Assistants (LAs) in an inquiry-based physics class
• Assessing students' thinking skills across pedagogies, class sizes and covid/non-covid
• Graduate students' understanding of symmetry and conservation laws in classical mechanics
• Students' understanding of Quantum Computing (QC) at the upper-level undergraduate level. 
• Educational Augmented Reality

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Faculty Member

• Dr. Beth Thacker

Physics Education Research

Faculty Members

• Dr. Beth Thacker