Resources

Author(s): Ellen Karoline Henriksen, Maria Vetleseter Bøe, Øystein Sørborg, and Ann-Cecilie Larsen Students in Stars and Elements, a web-based physics resource, developed understanding of heavy element production, but more explicit focus on nature of science would enhance the resource. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020108] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Author(s): F. Escalante, F. Vera, and R. Rivera This study bridges cognitive theory and NLP to systematically analyze students’ intuitive ideas, offering new insight into the cognitive structure of p-prims. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020116] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Author(s): Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl, and H. J. Lewandowski Based on interviews with quantum industry professionals, this study identifies four key categories of experimental skills needed for bachelor’s-level roles in the Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) workforce. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020117] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Author(s): Özlem Ery𝚤lmaz Muştu and Hülya Ertaş K𝚤l𝚤ç Half of the students studied struggled to apply special relativity to physical paradoxes because they remained confined to a single, absolute reference frame instead of coordinating multiple perspectives. [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 22, 020118] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

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