2026/07/22 by Yu Tian, Wenwen Ma, Min Zhang +2
paper · doi:10.1088/1361-6552/ae8212
Abstract Detail-oriented education, which emphasizes developing the ability to leverage critical details for problems discover, analysis and resolution, is invaluable for cultivating comprehensive innovation capabilities in science and engineering education. This study integrates detail-oriented education into undergraduate physics experiments through a ‘three-dimensional four-stage’ model, which spans knowledge, ability and quality dimensions across four stages, including theory and experimental design, experimental precautions, experimental operations, experimental summary and reflection. Using photoelectric effect experiment as a case study, results demonstrate that the group received detailed-oriented-training outperformed the control group in plan completeness, operational compliance, task efficiency and error analysis capabilities. This framework not only reinforces the foundational role of physics experiments in undergraduate science education, but also provides a replicable approach for systematic detail-oriented instruction across various experimental courses.