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Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education
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D. Muller
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This thesis summarizes a series of investigations into how multimedia can be designed to promote the learning of physics. The ‘design experiment’ methodology was adopted for the…
https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/physics/pdfs/research/super/PhD(Muller...
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Student Understanding of Cross Product Direction and Use of Right-Hand Rules: An Exploration of Representation and Context-Dependence
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Students in introductory physics struggle with vector algebra and cross product direction (CPD). While research into student understanding of vector algebra notes…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11185&DocID=22...
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A Thematic Review of Some Studies Investigating Students’ Alternative Conceptions About Energy
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M. Kurna and A. Saglam-Arslan, Eurasian J. Phys. Chem. Educ.,
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This article reviews and synthesizes 25 studies on students' alternative conceptions about energy. Many papers chosen are from the Eurasian literature and therefore this paper…
https://www.ijpce.org/index.php/IJPCE/article/view/189
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The Dynamics of Variability in Introductory Physics Students' Thinking: Examples from Kinematics
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Physics education research has long emphasized the need for physics instruction to address students’ existing intuitions about the physical world as an integral part of learning…
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/dissertations/Frank/
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SEI: Junior E&M I Course Materials - Student Difficulties
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This is a collection of student difficulties identified in a junior-level Electricity and Magnetism course during four semesters of a curriculum transformation project. These…
https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/EM1
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Probing students' understanding of some conceptual themes in general relativity
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A. Bandyopadhyay and A. Kumar, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res.,
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This work is an attempt to see how physics undergraduates view the basic ideas of general relativity when they are exposed to the topic in a standard introductory course. Since the…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10758&DocID=21...
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Using Analogical Problem Solving with Different Scaffolding Supports to Learn about Friction
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S. Lin and C. Singh, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 251-254.
Prior research suggests that many students believe that the magnitude of the static frictional force is always equal to its maximum value. Here, we examine introductory students'…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11861&DocID=27...
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Further investigation of examining students understanding of Lenz's law and Faraday's law
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C. Sanchez and M. Loverude, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 335-338.
Magnetic induction has been known to be a particularly difficult concept in introductory physics. In this project, we build upon our previous research on probing the difficulties…
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Students' understanding of the addition of angular momentum
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C. Singh and G. Zhu, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 355-358.
We describe the difficulties advanced undergraduate and graduate students have with concepts related to the addition of angular momentum. We also describe the development and…
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Examining student ability to interpret and use potential energy diagrams for classical systems
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B. Stephanik and P. Shaffer, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 367-370.
The Physics Education Group at the University of Washington is examining the extent to which students are able to use graphs of potential energy vs. position to infer kinematic and…
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