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Author(s): Eleonore Becker, Antonia Bauer, Johanna Schrader, Philipp Bitzenbauer, and Joaquin Veith A large-scale qualitative analysis of student engagement with ChatGPT indicates that a majority employ it strategically to enhance understanding, despite being aware of its inaccuracies, while a minority refrains from using ChatGPT, mostly due to concerns about the erosion of independent thinking and over-reliance on this technology in general....

Author(s): Muhammad Aswin Rangkuti, Wawan Bunawan, Hendra Y. Agustian, Tuti Hardianti, Dewi Wulandari, and Nazwa Hudaiby Earlier versions of ChatGPT often struggled to align their correct reasoning with accurate final answers on graph-based physics questions. However, version 5.2 demonstrates a substantial leap in conceptual alignment and visual data interpretation. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020113] Published Thu Aug 06, 2026

Author(s): Emadelden Fouad and Ian Bentley Physics students express a strong preference for optional rather than mandatory AI integration, largely because they acutely recognize the technology’s tendency to fail at visual-spatial reasoning and circuit analysis. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020114] Published Thu Aug 06, 2026

Author(s): Yi Ding and Lei Bao This study challenges strictly linear learning progression models by demonstrating that students’ cognitive development in force and motion is characterized by dynamic, context-dependent mixtures of ideas rather than discrete, stable steps. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020115] Published Thu Aug 06, 2026

Author(s): Willem Keppens, Mieke De Cock, Hans Van Winckel, Wim Van Dooren, and Jan Sermeus This study explores students’ reasoning about the apparent sizes of Moon and Sun and Solar Eclipses and reports new explanations linked to spatial scales. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020106] Published Wed Aug 05, 2026

Author(s): Willem Keppens, Mieke De Cock, Hans Van Winckel, Wim Van Dooren, and Jan Sermeus This study explores students’ reasoning about the Moon phases and reports new explanations linked to spatial scales. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020107] Published Wed Aug 05, 2026

Author(s): Alexander Volfson, Orly Lankry, and Yuval Ben Abu A new instrument on the nature of heat indicates that students frequently hold a view of heat as a material. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020111] Published Wed Aug 05, 2026