---
_id: '59416'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n               <jats:p>The present study
    explored the role of first-year physics students’ sense of belonging to physics
    and how it relates to their learning progression in higher education-level physics.
    Conducted at Paderborn University, this study examined how students’ sense of
    belonging to physics influences their academic outcomes in an introductory experimental
    physics course. Additionally, we investigated how physics students’ engagement
    in the Physiktreff—a holistic support program for first-year physics students
    to help them cope with academic and social challenges during their studies—impacts
    the development of their sense of belonging to physics over time. Our findings
    indicated that students with a stronger sense of belonging to physics performed
    better academically. Moreover, students who actively participated in the support
    program experienced a positive shift in their sense of belonging to physics. However,
    our findings also revealed that physics students with a higher initial sense of
    belonging to physics tended to experience a decline in their sense of belonging
    to physics during their first semester. These results underscore the importance
    of fostering a sense of belonging to physics within higher education, particularly
    during the introductory phase of students’ studies.&amp;#xD;</jats:p>"
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Markus Sebastian
  full_name: Feser, Markus Sebastian
  last_name: Feser
- first_name: Anna Brigitte
  full_name: Bauer, Anna Brigitte
  id: '24755'
  last_name: Bauer
  orcid: 0000-0002-1742-3099
citation:
  ama: 'Feser MS, Bauer AB. From belonging to success: Evaluating the influence of
    sense of belonging to physics on first-year university students’ academic outcomes
    and the benefits of a holistic support program. <i>European Journal of Physics</i>.
    Published online 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>'
  apa: 'Feser, M. S., &#38; Bauer, A. B. (2025). From belonging to success: Evaluating
    the influence of sense of belonging to physics on first-year university students’
    academic outcomes and the benefits of a holistic support program. <i>European
    Journal of Physics</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Feser_Bauer_2025, title={From belonging to success: Evaluating
    the influence of sense of belonging to physics on first-year university students’
    academic outcomes and the benefits of a holistic support program}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>},
    journal={European Journal of Physics}, publisher={IOP Publishing}, author={Feser,
    Markus Sebastian and Bauer, Anna Brigitte}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: 'Feser, Markus Sebastian, and Anna Brigitte Bauer. “From Belonging to Success:
    Evaluating the Influence of Sense of Belonging to Physics on First-Year University
    Students’ Academic Outcomes and the Benefits of a Holistic Support Program.” <i>European
    Journal of Physics</i>, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. S. Feser and A. B. Bauer, “From belonging to success: Evaluating the influence
    of sense of belonging to physics on first-year university students’ academic outcomes
    and the benefits of a holistic support program,” <i>European Journal of Physics</i>,
    2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>.'
  mla: 'Feser, Markus Sebastian, and Anna Brigitte Bauer. “From Belonging to Success:
    Evaluating the Influence of Sense of Belonging to Physics on First-Year University
    Students’ Academic Outcomes and the Benefits of a Holistic Support Program.” <i>European
    Journal of Physics</i>, IOP Publishing, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13">10.1088/1361-6404/adca13</a>.'
  short: M.S. Feser, A.B. Bauer, European Journal of Physics (2025).
date_created: 2025-04-08T06:32:20Z
date_updated: 2025-04-08T06:35:04Z
department:
- _id: '299'
doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/adca13
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/adca13
oa: '1'
publication: European Journal of Physics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0143-0807
  - 1361-6404
publication_status: published
publisher: IOP Publishing
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'From belonging to success: Evaluating the influence of sense of belonging
  to physics on first-year university students’ academic outcomes and the benefits
  of a holistic support program'
type: journal_article
user_id: '24755'
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '61241'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n               <jats:p>Given the presence
    of fake news and pseudoscience (often disguised as physics), the importance of
    inoculating citizens against this type of misinformation has gained increasing
    attention in education. This is a goal that all subjects should pursue equally
    from their respective disciplinary perspectives. &amp;#xD;The paper presents a
    teaching approach to protect physics students from misinformation and pseudoscience
    by combining these three common strategies: First, understanding the fundamental
    principles of the Nature of Science. Second, identifying techniques of Science
    Denial. And third, applying heuristics for evaluating (supposedly) scientific
    information. Finally, the paper offers practical suggestions for applying these
    strategies in a master's-level physics course, using examples from the field of
    physics.</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Yvonne
  full_name: Webersen, Yvonne
  id: '9605'
  last_name: Webersen
- first_name: Josef
  full_name: Riese, Josef
  id: '429'
  last_name: Riese
  orcid: 0000-0003-2927-2619
citation:
  ama: Webersen Y, Riese J. Protecting physics students from pseudoscience - combining
    strategies for a comprehensive teaching approach. <i>European Journal of Physics</i>.
    Published online 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>
  apa: Webersen, Y., &#38; Riese, J. (2025). Protecting physics students from pseudoscience
    - combining strategies for a comprehensive teaching approach. <i>European Journal
    of Physics</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Webersen_Riese_2025, title={Protecting physics students from pseudoscience
    - combining strategies for a comprehensive teaching approach}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>},
    journal={European Journal of Physics}, publisher={IOP Publishing}, author={Webersen,
    Yvonne and Riese, Josef}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: Webersen, Yvonne, and Josef Riese. “Protecting Physics Students from Pseudoscience
    - Combining Strategies for a Comprehensive Teaching Approach.” <i>European Journal
    of Physics</i>, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>.
  ieee: 'Y. Webersen and J. Riese, “Protecting physics students from pseudoscience
    - combining strategies for a comprehensive teaching approach,” <i>European Journal
    of Physics</i>, 2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>.'
  mla: Webersen, Yvonne, and Josef Riese. “Protecting Physics Students from Pseudoscience
    - Combining Strategies for a Comprehensive Teaching Approach.” <i>European Journal
    of Physics</i>, IOP Publishing, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6">10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6</a>.
  short: Y. Webersen, J. Riese, European Journal of Physics (2025).
date_created: 2025-09-12T08:17:46Z
date_updated: 2025-09-12T08:21:26Z
department:
- _id: '299'
doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/ae03f6
language:
- iso: eng
publication: European Journal of Physics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0143-0807
  - 1361-6404
publication_status: published
publisher: IOP Publishing
status: public
title: Protecting physics students from pseudoscience - combining strategies for a
  comprehensive teaching approach
type: journal_article
user_id: '9605'
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '50175'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n               <jats:p>Astrophysical
    topics can be treated with the methods of different areas of physics, mathematics
    and other natural sciences. The integration of these topics into such areas could
    improve students’ motivation and strengthen the connections between different
    fields of the mentioned sciences. In this article, an example of the connection
    between the physics of the stars and that of their statistical distributions is
    given. The usage of Microsoft Excel simplifies the mathematical requirements and
    gives the possibility of seeing the changes of distribution with the growing age
    of the regarded population of stars. The changes are a direct consequence to the
    limited lifetime of the stars and the limited age of the considered population
    of stars.</jats:p>"
article_number: '015601'
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Sascha
  full_name: Hohmann, Sascha
  id: '94328'
  last_name: Hohmann
  orcid: 0000-0001-6145-3466
citation:
  ama: Hohmann S. Calculating the distributions of number, mass and luminosity of
    the stars with the help of MS Excel. <i>European Journal of Physics</i>. 2020;42(1).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>
  apa: Hohmann, S. (2020). Calculating the distributions of number, mass and luminosity
    of the stars with the help of MS Excel. <i>European Journal of Physics</i>, <i>42</i>(1),
    Article 015601. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Hohmann_2020, title={Calculating the distributions of number,
    mass and luminosity of the stars with the help of MS Excel}, volume={42}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>},
    number={1015601}, journal={European Journal of Physics}, publisher={IOP Publishing},
    author={Hohmann, Sascha}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Hohmann, Sascha. “Calculating the Distributions of Number, Mass and Luminosity
    of the Stars with the Help of MS Excel.” <i>European Journal of Physics</i> 42,
    no. 1 (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>.
  ieee: 'S. Hohmann, “Calculating the distributions of number, mass and luminosity
    of the stars with the help of MS Excel,” <i>European Journal of Physics</i>, vol.
    42, no. 1, Art. no. 015601, 2020, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>.'
  mla: Hohmann, Sascha. “Calculating the Distributions of Number, Mass and Luminosity
    of the Stars with the Help of MS Excel.” <i>European Journal of Physics</i>, vol.
    42, no. 1, 015601, IOP Publishing, 2020, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abb297">10.1088/1361-6404/abb297</a>.
  short: S. Hohmann, European Journal of Physics 42 (2020).
date_created: 2024-01-04T09:35:33Z
date_updated: 2024-01-04T13:18:11Z
doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/abb297
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        42'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- General Physics and Astronomy
language:
- iso: eng
publication: European Journal of Physics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0143-0807
  - 1361-6404
publication_status: published
publisher: IOP Publishing
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Calculating the distributions of number, mass and luminosity of the stars with
  the help of MS Excel
type: journal_article
user_id: '94328'
volume: 42
year: '2020'
...