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Using Students' Design Tasks to Develop Scientific Abilities 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Active Learning
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
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X. Zou - Conference Proceedings
To help students develop the scientific abilities desired in the 21st century workplace, four different types of student design tasks—observation, verification, application, and investigation experiments—have ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820936
Understanding How Physics Faculty Use Peer Instruction 
  
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C. Turpen and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
We investigate how the use of physics education research tools is spreading throughout faculty practice and examine efforts to sustain the use of these practices. We specifically focus on analyzing the local ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820934
Effect of Misconception on Transfer in Problem Solving 
  
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Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
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C. Singh - Conference Proceedings
We examine the effect of misconceptions about friction on students' ability to solve problems and transfer from one context to another. We analyze written responses to paired isomorphic problems given to introductory ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820931
Introducing Ill-Structured Problems in Introductory Physics Recitations 
  
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V. Shekoyan and E. Etkina - Conference Proceedings
One important aspect of physics instruction is helping students develop better problem solving expertise. Besides enhancing the content knowledge, problems help students develop different cognitive abilities ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820930
Explicit Reflection in an Introductory Physics Course 
  
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M. Scott, T. Stelzer, and G. Gladding - Conference Proceedings
This paper will explore a classroom implementation in which explicit reflective activities supplemented the problems students worked during class. This intervention spanned a 14 week period and was evaluated ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820929
Multiple Modes of Reasoning in Physics Problem Solving, with Implications for Instruction 
  
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Optics / Geometrical Optics
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D. Schuster, A. Undreiu, and B. Adams - Conference Proceedings
Problem-solving is an important part of physics teaching, learning and assessment. It is widely assumed that the way that experts solve problems, and students should, is by systematic application of basic ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820928
The Effect of Field Representation on Student Responses to Magnetic Force Questions 
  
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Electricity & Magnetism / Magnetic Fields and Forces / Magnetic Fields
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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
Learning to Think Like Scientists with the PET Curriculum 
  
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V. Otero and K. Gray - Conference Proceedings
Instructional techniques based on research in cognitive science and physics education have been used in physics courses to enhance student learning. While dramatic increases in conceptual understanding have ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820922
Students' Perceptions of Case-Reuse Based Problem Solving in Algebra-Based Physics 
  
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F. Mateycik, Z. Hrepic, D. Jonassen, and S. Rebello - Conference Proceedings
Problem solving is an important goal in almost all physics classes. In this study we explore students' perceptions and understanding of the purpose of two different problem solving approaches. In Phase I of ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820917
Expert and Novice Use of Multiple Representations During Physics Problem Solving 
  
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P. Kohl and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
It is generally believed that students should use multiple representations in solving certain physics problems. In this study, we interview expert and novice physicists as they solve two types of multiple ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820914
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