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Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter
written by Elon Langbeheim, Samuel A. Safran, and Edit Yerushalmi
We present design guidelines for using Adapted Primary Literature (APL) as part of current interdisciplinary topics to introductory physics students. APL is a text genre that allows students to comprehend a scientific article, while maintaining the core features of the communication among scientists, thus representing an authentic scientific discourse. We describe the adaptation of         a research paper by Nobel Laureate Paul Flory on phase equilibrium in polymer-solvent mixtures that was presented to high school students in a project-based unit on soft matter. The adaptation followed two design strategies: a) Making explicit the interplay between the theory and experiment. b) Re-structuring the text to map the theory onto the students' prior knowledge. Specifically, we map the theory of polymer-solvent systems onto a model for binary mixtures of small molecules of equal size that was already studied in class.
Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 23-26
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Education Foundations
- Assessment
Education Practices
- Instructional Material Design
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Phase Transitions
= Phase Diagrams
- High School
- Reference Material
= Article
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DOI:
10.1063/1.4789642
PACS:
82.35.Lr
Keywords:
APS, Adapted Primary Literature, PERC 2012, adapted literature, scientific literacy
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E. Langbeheim, S. Safran, and E. Yerushalmi, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12929&DocID=3521).
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E. Langbeheim, S. Safran, and E. Yerushalmi, Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12929&DocID=3521>.
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Langbeheim, E., Safran, S., & Yerushalmi, E. (2012, August 1-2). Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12929&DocID=3521
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Langbeheim, E, S. Safran, and E. Yerushalmi. "Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12929&DocID=3521 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Langbeheim, Elon, Samuel Safran, and Edit Yerushalmi. "Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter." Physics Education Research Conference 2012. Philadelphia, PA: 2012. 23-26 Vol. 1513 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12929&DocID=3521>.
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@inproceedings{ Author = "Elon Langbeheim and Samuel Safran and Edit Yerushalmi", Title = {Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter}, BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2012}, Pages = {23-26}, Address = {Philadelphia, PA}, Series = {PER Conference Invited Paper}, Volume = {1513}, Month = {August 1-2}, Year = {2012} }
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