research overview
- Bethany Wilcox is a member of the Physics Education Research group. Her research interests include understanding and addressing students' difficulties utilizing sophisticated mathematical tools in physics problem solving. She is also interested in understanding how these difficulties change as students advance through the curriculum and encounter these mathematical tools in multiple contexts. She also works to develop validated assessments of student learning that can be used to measure the impact of curricular changes or compare student learning across courses and institutions. In particular, she is utilizing advanced testing theories to explore viable options for creating modular assessments that can address variations in content coverage in across courses. She has also investigated student experiences during remote instruction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and is working to build educational resources and assessments in the area of Quantum Information Science. She also has emerging research into the accessibility and effectiveness of National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs.
