Networks in Physics Education Research: A Multidimensional Theoretical, Methodological, and Didactic Analysis

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Doctoral dissertation by Jesper Bruun. One of the central problems in physics education research is to understand, describe, and design processes that allow students to learn physics. Quantitative descriptions of learning processes may support understanding and designing teaching and learning in physics education. However, in order to interpret and use quantitative descriptions, they need to be continuously developed in dialogue with qualitative descriptions to produce meaningful explanations. In this project, networks are explored as a way of providing quantitative descriptions that can be used in this manner. In particular, this dissertation explores how the physics of networks and social network analysis can be integrated with cognitive and social constructivist learning perspectives to investigate learning in physics.

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