Sarat Lewsirirat

Sarat Lewsirirat
Sarat Lewsirirat
Sarat Lewsirirat
Sarat Lewsirirat he/him/his
  • Graduate Student
  • Research Assistant
387 Loomis Laboratory

Education

  • B.Sc. Physics, Suranaree University of Technology, 2019

Biography

Sarat Lewsirirat received a bachelor's degree in physics from Suranaree University of Technology in 2019. He got accepted as a graduate student in the Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2020, and joined the Physics Education Research (PER) group, working with Professor Eric Kuo.

Course Development

  • PHYS 100 - Thinking About Physics

Research Interests

  • Retention of Physics Majors
  • Structural Messaging — How course structures send "messages" to students about physics learning and students themselves as learners.
  • Introductory Physics students' concerns about transitioning to college.

Research Areas

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • Ouellette, E., Lewsirirat, S., Biju Sebastian, R., Lundsgaard, M., Krist, C., & Kuo, E. (2023, July 19-20). Alignment between student epistemological views and experiences with course structures in introductory physics: A case study. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA.