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20: Getting the Word Out on Education Research with Nick Young
Physics Alive
English - May 28, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEducation Science Physics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Nick Young is currently a physics education research & computational math and science PhD candidate at Michigan State University. He founded the website PERbites, dedicated to making the results of physics education research meaningful and accessible to all with bimonthly posts that provide short, clear descriptions of what’s happening in the field of physics education research. His current dissertation work explores the graduate admissions process in physics and whether or not the physics GRE is valuable or effective. He was a graduate fellow in Michigan State’s Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology and helped create a resource for faculty about planning, implementing, and assessing experiential interdisciplinary courses. In this episode we discuss his various projects and the common theme of getting the word out on education research.
Nick Young’s homepage
https://www.nickyoungper.com/index.html
Links from today’s episode:
PERbites
Project with the Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology
Articles from Nick’s Ph.D. work
The Physics GRE does not help applicants “stand out”
Using machine learning to understand physics graduate school admissions
Suggestions for making graduate admissions more equitable
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