{"id":237373,"date":"2026-05-19T02:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/learning-physics-can-derail-some-students-new-research-shows-the-best-way-to-keep-them-on-track"},"modified":"2026-05-19T02:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:25:18","slug":"learning-physics-can-derail-some-students-new-research-shows-the-best-way-to-keep-them-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/learning-physics-can-derail-some-students-new-research-shows-the-best-way-to-keep-them-on-track","title":{"rendered":"Learning physics can derail some students: New research shows the best way to keep them on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/learning-physics-can-derail-some-students-new-research-shows-the-best-way-to-keep-them-on-track2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For many undergraduate students, exploring the complexities of physics for the first time, from wading through advanced mathematics, to absorbing information in a large lecture format, can be a daunting endeavor\u2014one that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.org\/statistics\/attrition-and-persistence-in-undergraduate-physics-programs\" target=\"_blank\">dissuades many students from continuing their studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Educators have known for some time that students tend to learn these subjects better in hands-on, or \u201cactive learning,\u201d environments\u2014but some are more effective than others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many undergraduate students, exploring the complexities of physics for the first time, from wading through advanced mathematics, to absorbing information in a large lecture format, can be a daunting endeavor\u2014one that dissuades many students from continuing their studies. Educators have known for some time that students tend to learn these subjects better in hands-on, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2229,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}