Ayush Gupta
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Keystone Instructor, A. J. C. School of Engineering
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Contact Info:
Room 1320, Physics Building
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742.
Phone: 301-405-5445
Email: ayush@umd.edu
Blog: http://glorifiedevil.blogspot.com/
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About Me:
From a scientific perspective, I am interested in gaining a better understanding of how the human mind operates and learns. From a social perspective I want to use this understanding to promote a more equitable education system and an overall scientific and rational way of thinking in society - awareness and education being the slow but steady path towards greater social justice without instability.
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Research Interests:
Broadly speaking I am interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes. In particular, I am attracted to fine-grained analysis of video data both from a micro-genetic learning analysis methodology (drawing on knowledge in pieces) as well as interaction analysis methodology. I have been working on how learners' emotions are coupled with their conceptual and epistemological reasoning. I am also interested in working towards dynamics models of the categorizations (ontological) underlying students' reasoning in physics. Lately, I have been rather interested in engineering design thinking, how engineering students come to understand and practice design.
Current Projects:
- Physics Education Research
- Engineering Education Research
- Helping Engineering Students Transform Their Understanding of Quantum Phenomenon and Devices
- An Application Based Learning Approach to Introductory C-Programming Courses
- Modeling the dynamics of integrated moral and technical reasoning in contexts of socio-scientific issues
- Science Education (K-12) and Teacher Education
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