Designed as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), these programmes aim to strengthen conceptual understanding and ensure wider ...

As enrollment numbers for the introductory chemistry and physics courses reach around 600 students each this semester, the ...

Such projects are often fun for students and teachers. Teachers are often intrigued and amazed by students’ ideas and ...

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Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it? When Radha Mastandrea started her undergraduate physics program at MIT in 2015, she ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Drop the pumpkins!Teams of students at Western Tech tested their inventions with the annual 80-foot drop of pumpkins.The ...

Let’s try a test. If I were to tell you that this article is about academic-staff development, would you: (a) laugh and move on; (b) initiate a group discussion on the decline of physics; (c) read on, ...

In The Physics Teacher, researchers explore the goal of culturally relevant pedagogy, which is to center students' cultural resources as a bridge to learning. It relies on a framework of academic ...