Physics Education Research Lab @ MSU

The Physics Education Research Lab at Michigan State University (PERL@MSU) is an interdisciplinary collaboration that studies how students learn physics and engage in physics practice; the social and contextual factors that promote student learning and engagement; assessments of conceptual learning, epistemology, and practice; and the use of educational technology.

We support work in a variety of contexts, from pre-college to post-graduate. Our research group includes faculty, staff, postdocs, and students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the College of Education, Lyman Briggs College, the CREATE for STEM Institute, and Science Studies at State.

Learn more about our research areas and projects, meet the people in the lab, or join us at an upcoming seminar.