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Symbols: Weapons of Math Destruction 
  
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100
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
Education Foundations / Cognition
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Other Sciences / Mathematics
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E. Torigoe and G. Gladding - Conference Proceedings
This paper is part of an ongoing investigation of how students use and understand mathematics in introductory physics. Our previous research [1] revealed that differences in score as large as 50% can be observed ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820933
Student Understanding Of The Physics And Mathematics Of Process Variables In P-V Diagrams 
  
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Upper Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Pedagogy / Analogies
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Other Sciences / Mathematics
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
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E. Pollock, J. Thompson, and D. Mountcastle - Conference Proceedings
Students in an upper-level thermal physics course were asked to compare quantities related to the First Law of Thermodynamics along with similar mathematical questions devoid of all physical context. We report ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820924
Student Categorization of Problems - An Extension 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Other Sciences / Engineering
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K. Harper, Z. Hite, R. Freuler, and J. Demel - Conference Proceedings
As part of gathering baseline data for a study on problem categorization, first-year engineering honors students who had recently completed a two-quarter sequence in physics were interviewed. The primary task ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820908
Coordination of Mathematics and Physical Resources by Physics Graduate Students 
  
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Graduate/Professional
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
General Physics / Physics Education Research
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Education Foundations / Cognition / Cognition Development
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A. Gupta, E. Redish, and D. Hammer - Conference Proceedings
We investigate the dynamics of how graduate students coordinate their mathematics and physics knowledge within the context of solving a homework problem for a plasma physics survey course. Students were asked ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820906
Epistemic Games in Integration: Modeling Resource Choice 
  
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Education Foundations / Cognition
General Physics / Physics Education Research
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Modelling
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K. Black and M. Wittmann - Conference Proceedings
As part of an ongoing project to understand how mathematics is used in advanced physics to guide one's conceptual understanding of physics, we focus on students' interpretation and use of boundary and initial ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820945
Assessing Student Understanding of Partial Derivatives in Thermodynamics 
  
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J. Thompson, B. Bucy, and D. Mountcastle - Conference Proceedings
We are engaged in a research project to study teaching and learning in upper-level thermal physics courses. We have begun to explore student functional understanding of mathematical concepts when applied in ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177027
College Students' Transfer from Calculus to Physics 
  
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General Physics / Physics Education Research
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L. Cui, S. Rebello, and A. Bennett - Conference Proceedings
This research investigated students' transfer of learning from calculus courses to an introductory physics course. We used semi-structured think aloud interviews to assess the extent to which students transfer ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177017
Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement 
  
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Professional Development
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Education Practices / Professional Development
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Other Sciences / Chemistry
Education Foundations / Achievement
Education Foundations / Societal Issues / Gender Issues
Education Practices / Active Learning / Inquiry Learning
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K. Scantlebury - Conference Proceedings
Professional development programs promoting inquiry-based teaching are challenged with providing teachers content knowledge and using pedagogical approaches that model standards based instruction. Inquiry ...
http://www.compadre.org/PER/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167
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
Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education 
  
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General Physics / General
General Physics / Collections
Other Sciences / Chemistry
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Publisher: Leibniz Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel - Online Resource
This is the original collected international bibliography in PER (Physics Education Research) and it is still being maintained and updated at the University of Kiel, Germany. Initially, its contents were ...
http://www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/stcse/stcse.html
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