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A Repeat Performance? Challenges In Developing Robust Conceptual Understanding in Quantum Mechanics 
  
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Graduate/Professional
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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
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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
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
Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Laboratory
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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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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Active Learning
Education Foundations / Teacher Characteristics
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
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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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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Cognition / Cognition Development
Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
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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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Education Foundations / Cognition
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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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Education Foundations / Cognition
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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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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Optics / Geometrical Optics
Education Foundations / Cognition
Education Practices / Active Learning / Modelling
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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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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
Electricity & Magnetism / Magnetic Fields and Forces / Magnetic Fields
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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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Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Course
Electricity & Magnetism / General
General Physics / Physics Education Research
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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
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