This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance understanding of how instructional practices impact student thinking about measurement and uncertainty concepts across classical and quantum mechanics. Cornell University will employ a mixed-methods research approach, including interviews, surveys, and quantitative analyses, to characterize instruction on these topics, articulate student profiles based on their reasoning, and identify shifts in student thinking due to different instructional strategies. The $301,665 award, spanning May 2024 to April 2027, seeks to provide an evidence base to inform the design of effective instructional practices that prepare students for STEM careers involving data science and quantum information. The project's goals are to bridge disconnected literature on physics lab and quantum mechanics instruction, ultimately motivating curricular improvements across the undergraduate physics curriculum.
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