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The Effect of Field Representation on Student Responses to Magnetic Force Questions 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
Electricity & Magnetism / Magnetic Fields and Forces / Magnetic Fields
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Practices / Active Learning / Modelling
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T. Scaife and A. Heckler - Conference Proceedings
We examine student understanding of the magnetic force exerted on a charged particle and report three findings from a series of tests administered to introductory physics students. First, we expand on previous ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820927
A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Curriculum on Conceptual Understanding in E&M 
  
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Upper Undergraduate
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S. Pollock - Conference Proceedings
We have collected extensive data on upper-division Electricity and Magnetism (E&M) student performance at CU Boulder since we introduced the University of Washington's Tutorials in Introductory Physics in ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820925
Salience of Representations and Analogies in Physics 
  
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N. Podolefsky and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
This paper focuses on the dynamics as students reason using analogies. We describe analogical scaffolding, a model of cognitive processes by which students can use prior knowledge to learn new material, and ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820923
Voltage is the Most Difficult Subject for Students in Physics by Inquiry's Electric Circuits Module 
  
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Inquiry Learning
Electricity & Magnetism / Electromotive Force and Current
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Education Foundations / Assessment of Students / Instruments
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C. Bowman and G. Aubrecht II - Conference Proceedings
We report on the investigation of multiple sets of data from an electric circuits Physics by Inquiry course on students' ranking of topic difficulty. Students ranked the difficulty of the preceding class almost ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820947
Improving Students' Conceptual Understanding of Conductors and Insulators 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
Electricity & Magnetism / Electrostatics / Conductors and Insulators
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Assessment of Students / Instruments
Education Foundations / Cognition
Education Practices / Pedagogy
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J. Bilak and C. Singh - Conference Proceedings
We examine the difficulties that introductory physics students, undergraduate physics majors, and physics graduate students have with concepts related to conductors and insulators covered in introductory physics ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820944
American Journal of Physics
Comparing the efficacy of multimedia modules with traditional textbooks for learning introductory physics content 
  
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Education Practices / Technology / Multimedia
Electricity & Magnetism / Electrostatics / Coulomb's Law
Electricity & Magnetism / Electric Fields and Potential / Electric Field
Electricity & Magnetism / Electric Fields and Potential / Gauss' Law
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Education Foundations / Assessment of Students
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T. Stelzer, G. Gladding, J. Mestre, and D. Brookes, Am. J. Phys., 77 (2), 184-190 (2009).
We compared the efficacy of multimedia learning modules with traditional textbooks for the first few topics of a calculus-based introductory electricity and magnetism course. Students were randomly assigned ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.3028204
Transforming Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism 
  
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S. Chasteen and S. Pollock - Conference Proceedings
We transformed an upper-division electricity and magnetism course for physics and engineering majors using principles of active engagement and learning theory. The teaching practices and new curricular materials ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8122&DocID=755
How Abstract is Abstract? Layering Meaning in Physics 
  
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N. Podolefsky and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
External representations, including pictures, graphs, text, gestures, and utterances, are key components of all curricular materials in physics. Such representations play a key role in cognitive function, ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8114&DocID=748
Upper-Division E&M I Transformed Course Materials 
  
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S. Chasteen and S. Pollock - Online Resource
This web site allows provides research-based materials Junior-level E&M I courses on electro- and magneto-statics. The course archives include documented student difficulties, learning goals, Concept Tests ...
http://www.colorado.edu/sei/departments/physics_3310.htm
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Strongly and weakly directed approaches to teaching multiple representation use in physics 
  
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P. Kohl, D. Rosengrant, and N. Finkelstein, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 3 (1), 010108 (2007).
Good use of multiple representations is considered key to learning physics, and so there is considerable motivation both to learn how students use multiple representations when solving problems and to learn ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.010108
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