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A Repeat Performance? Challenges In Developing Robust Conceptual Understanding in Quantum Mechanics 
  
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Graduate/Professional
Subjects:
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Quantum Physics / General
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B. Ambrose - Conference Proceedings
Ongoing physics education research (PER) at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) is guiding the development of instructional materials for teaching modern physics. Results from this project can help address ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2084693
Student Understanding of Basic Probability Concepts in an Upper-Division Thermal Physics Course 
  
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100
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Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Probability
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles / Microstate
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles / Macrostate
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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M. Loverude - Conference Proceedings
As part of ongoing research on student understanding in upper-division thermal physics, we developed a number of simple diagnostic questions designed to probe understanding of basic probability concepts. Preliminary ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9446&DocID=1320
Investigating Students' Ideas about Wavefront Aberrometry 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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General Physics / Physics Education Research
Optics / The Eye
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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D. McBride and D. Zollman - Conference Proceedings
We describe a qualitative study of student understanding of the functions of the human eye and the resources used in understanding wavefront aberrometry, a relatively new method of diagnosing vision defects. ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820918
Physics Faculty and Educational Researchers: Divergent Expectations as Barriers to the Diffusion of Innovations 
  
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Professional Development
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Education Practices / Professional Development
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Practices / Curriculum Development
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
Education Practices / Teacher Preparation
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C. Henderson and M. Dancy - Conference Proceedings
To identify barriers to the dissemination of innovative instructional strategies we conducted interviews with 5 physics instructors who represent likely users of educational research. One significant barrier ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177045
Students’ Understanding of Inclined Planes Using the CoMPASS Curriculum 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Teacher Content Knowledge
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J. Haynicz, S. Rebello, and S. Puntambekar - Conference Proceedings
In this paper, we discuss how students enrolled in a conceptual physics class for future elementary school teachers progress through the CoMPASS (Concept Map Project-based Activity Scaffolding System) curriculum ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8095&DocID=728
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Analogical scaffolding and the learning of abstract ideas in physics: Empirical studies 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Pedagogy / Analogies
Electricity & Magnetism / General
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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N. Podolefsky and N. Finkelstein, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 3 (2), 020104 (2007).
Previously, we proposed a model of student reasoning which combines the roles of representation, analogy, and layering of meaning—analogical scaffolding [Podolefsky and Finkelstein, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020104
Evaluating Safe Science Teaching Practice in the U.S. 
  
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High School
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Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Laboratory
General Physics / Curriculum
Education Foundations / Behavior / Behavior Development
Education Foundations / Research Design & Methodology / Evaluation
Education Foundations / Student Characteristics / Ability
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
Education Practices / Professional Development
Education Practices / School Improvement
Education Practices / Teacher Preparation
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C. Ezrailson - Report
Science safety in is a vital issue because: 1) it is tested on many state science content tests, 2) pre-service teachers take the Praxis test which also requires knowledge of safe science practice, 3) teachers ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7521&DocID=583
Connecting Meaning and Mathematics 
  
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Upper Undergraduate
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Classical Mechanics / General
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Central Forces
Classical Mechanics / Relative Motion / Rotating Reference Frames
Classical Mechanics / Relative Motion / Coriolis Effect
Classical Mechanics / Rotational Dynamics
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations / Simple Harmonic Motion
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations / Damped Oscillators
Other Sciences / Mathematics
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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D. Meredith - Online Resource
This page contains step-by-step tutorials and guided inquiry activities that are designed to help students discover physical properties and concepts by developing understanding from mathematics. Problem-solving ...
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dawnm/connectm&m.html
Sustaining Change: Instructor Effects in Transformed Large Lecture Courses 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Course
Education Practices / Professional Development
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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S. Pollock and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
We investigate the transfer of classroom reforms from PER faculty to more traditional physics-research faculty. This study is part of an ongoing effort to assess necessary and sufficient requirements for success ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508704
Physics Education Research and Human Subjects: The PER Community and Institutional Review Boards 
  
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Informal Education
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General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Research Design & Methodology
Education Practices / Instructional Material Design
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G. Aubrecht II - Conference Proceedings
This workshop was a discussion among participants about human subjects and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and dealt with the following questions: (1) What are the important human subjects issues facing ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508679
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