Esmeralda Campos , PhD
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- Bevorzugte Regionen: Niederösterreich, Wien
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Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Teaching and learning physics: focus on electricity
- Using AI to teach and learn physics: advantages and challenges
Aktuelle Projekte
Mathematical model building in physics education: Physics translates the world into representations: words and sketches to describe what we see, graphs to reveal patterns, and equations to make precise predictions—like F=maF=ma for motion. At our station we unpack this modeling journey step by step using familiar scenes such as a vibrating guitar string or a person on a swing. Together we decide which features matter, what we can simplify, and how different representations connect and constrain each other. You will compare multiple versions of the same situation, watch short simulations, vote in a quick quiz, and take home a compact handout with strategies for linking phenomena and mathematics—useful for school, teaching and everyday thinking. We also share insights from international workshops in Austria and India on how teachers can guide learners from reality to models and back again, including common pitfalls and helpful prompts.
Auszug aus dem wissenschaftlichen Werdegang
Dr. Esmeralda Campos is a postdoctoral researcher in the Austrian Educational Competence Centre Physics at the University of Vienna. She is Level 1 in the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI, for its acronym in Spanish). She obtained her bachelor’s degree in engineering physics and a PhD in educational innovation with a specialization in science teaching and learning, at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Socially Oriented Interdisciplinary STEM Education Research Group (SOI-STEM) of the Institute for the Future of Education. She has focused her research on students’ conceptual understanding of abstract physical concepts through representations. She has published 28 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, 13 conference proceedings and 2 peer-reviewed book chapters. In 2018, she participated in the local organization committee for the conference of the International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP, from its name in French) in San Sebastian, Spain. She was also part of the organizing committee of the annual meeting of the Mexican chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 2018. In 2021, she managed the proceedings of the Machine Learning-Driven Digital Technologies for Educational Innovation Workshop. She has participated in two national and internationally funded projects with a common interest in gender studies in STEM education. She is currently leading a funded project for mobility and collaboration between India and Austria on mathematical model building.