Publications

Evaluating practical methods in secondary school physics : speed and acceleration

Moore Iain, Farmer Stuart, Gray Laura

The Physics Educator (2026)

https://doi.org/10.1142/S2661339526500058

Physics Practical Procedures (Feb 2025)

Gray Laura, Moore Iain

(2025)

https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00092040

Practical teaching in secondary level certificated physics : a view from Scotland

Gray Laura, Farmer Stuart, Moore Iain

Physics Education Vol 59 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ad82cb

Practical methodologies in physics workshop

Gray Laura, Moore Iain

Institute of Physics 49th Stirling Teachers' Meeting (2024)

A collaborative approach to STEM outreach : english

Gray Laura, Moore Iain

IoP Communcators Conference 2023 (2023)

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Professional Activities

A collaborative approach to research

Invited speaker

29/5/2026

SUPA Annual Gathering 2026

Contributor

20/5/2026

Physics students’ transition from School to university: A Scottish perspective

Contributor

5/3/2026

A critical analysis of the C-TEIR process for assessing practical physics methods

Speaker

4/7/2025

The introduction of circuits in secondary science education: teachers’ views on confidence and content

Contributor

30/6/2025

Physics in Higher Education: The impact of what comes before

Contributor

28/5/2025

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Projects

Teachers' and students' misconceptions in introductory electrical circuits in Secondary school level physics

Moore, Iain (Principal Investigator) Gray, Laura (Principal Investigator)

A project investigating how electrical circuits are taught in the early part of secondary school.

01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2027

Engaged Scholarship Hub (Royston)

Gray, Laura (Technician) Moore, Iain (Fellow)

Science input

21-Jan-2024

Practical Methodologies for Physics Teaching

Moore, Iain (Principal Investigator) Gray, Laura (Co-investigator) Farmer, Stuart (Post Grad Student)

A series of research aiming to improve high school level physics teaching.

01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024

Early Years and Early Primary Science and Technology through Exploration

Moore, Iain (Principal Investigator) Arnott, Lorna (Co-investigator) Gray, Laura (Co-investigator)

A project looking to increase the confidence of early years and early level primary practitioners in the delivery of science.

01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023

Novel teaching methods for particle accelerators

Chambers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Gray, Laura (Principal Investigator) Moore, Iain (Researcher) Findlay, Morag (Researcher)

A project designed to look at how particle accelerators are taught in Scottish schools with particular emphasis on the use of a novel model cyclotron.

01-Jan-2018

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