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Merten Dahlkemper
Master of Science
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Introduction
I am a physics education researcher working at CERN and the University of Göttingen.
My research interest is on students' perceptions of visual representations in digital learning environments using Eye Tracking.
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October 2020 - present
Education
October 2020 - September 2023
October 2016 - February 2020
October 2013 - July 2016
Publications
Publications (13)
To investigate how physics students perceived the sudden shift to online learning at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, 18 semistructured interviews were conducted with university students in Austria, Croatia, and Germany. Based on the interviews, a questionnaire was developed and data from N=578 physics students from five universities in Germany,...
The discovery of the Higgs boson by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations in 2012 concluded the longest search for a particle in the history of particle physics and was based on the largest and most complex physics experiments ever conducted, involving thousands of scientists and engineers from around the world. It provided crucial evidence for a theory...
Particle physics is an exciting subject for high school students, and there have been various approaches on how to introduce the topic in the classroom. Feynman diagrams (FDs) are an often-used form of representation in particle physics and could play an important role in such an introduction. However, their potential educational value has not yet...
Thinking outside the box: Explore the nature of science by building LEGO mystery boxes and challenging your students to solve the puzzle.
The discovery of the Higgs boson by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations in 2012 concluded the longest search for a particle in the history of particle physics and was based on the largest and most complex physics experiments ever conducted, involving thousands of scientists and engineers from around the world. It provided crucial evidence for a theory...
At the universities of Dresden, Vienna, and Zagreb, a laboratory course for prospective physics teachers was transferred to an online environment because of the lockdown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to present and compare students’ and instructors’ considerations about the experiences with this laboratory cou...
Spectropolarimetric data allow for simultaneous monitoring of stellar chromospheric logR'HK activity and the surface-averaged longitudinal magnetic field, Bl, giving the opportunity to probe the relationship between large-scale stellar magnetic fields and chromospheric manifestations of magnetism. We present logR'HK and/or Bl measurements for 954 m...
Seit mehr als 70 Jahren sind Feynman-Diagramme (FD) aus der Elementarteilchenphysik kaum mehr wegzudenken, da sie komplexe Rechnungen auf eine kompakte Weise veranschaulichen. Dies wird vielfach auch für die Behandlung im Schulunterricht genutzt.Aus fachdidaktischer und lerntheoretischer Sicht wird der Nutzen verschiedener Repräsentationsformen zum...
Mathematical reasoning with algebraic and graphical representations is important for a throughout understanding of physics problems and concepts. Many problems require students to fluently move between algebraic and graphical representations. We developed a freely available serious game to challenge the representational fluency of introductory stud...
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the education system worldwide, which was forced to respond with a sudden shift to distance learning. While successful distance teaching requires careful thinking, planning, and the development of technological and human resources, there was no time for preparation in the current situation. Various p...
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the education system worldwide that was responding with a sudden shift to distance learning. Various physics courses such as lectures, tutorials, and the laboratories had to be transferred into online formats rapidly, resulting in a variety of simultaneous, asynchronous, and mixed activities. To inve...
Mathematical reasoning with algebraic and graphical representations is essential for success in physics courses. Many problems require students to fluently move between algebraic and graphical representations. We developed a freely available serious game to challenge the representational fluency of introductory students regarding vector fields. Wit...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented changes in teaching and learning physics at European universities. A team of physics education researchers from the Universities of Dresden, Göttingen, Kaiserslautern and Zagreb has been monitoring studying physics during the COVID-19 pandemic since May 2020. We are conducting interviews and surveys, and applying standard instruments such as the Force Concept Inventory, to determine the effect of changes caused by COVID-19 pandemic on different aspects of studying physics.
Our collaboration includes Marie-Annette Geyer, Lana Ivanjek (University of Dresden), Merten Dahlkemper, Pascal Klein (University of Göttingen), Stefan Küchemann (University of Kaiserslautern), Katarina Jelicic, Ana Susac (University of Zagreb).
Understanding the connection between students' visual attention and learning or learning difficulties
