D. McBride, D. Zollman, and N. Rebello, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020101 (2010).
In prior research, the classification of concepts into three types—descriptive, hypothetical and theoretical—has allowed for the association of students' use of different concept…
E. Close, H. Close, S. McKagan, and R. Scherr, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 105-108.
In a course organized around the development of diverse representations, no single mode of expression offers a complete picture of participants’ understanding of the nature of…
E. Kahle, R. Scherr, and H. Close, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 185-188.
We document the experience of a single participant in a course for secondary teacher professional development in order to track the changes in her thinking about how light interacts…
M. Lau, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 201-204.
From one moment to the next, what and how a teacher teaches may change. In this paper, I discuss two examples from one teacher, showing shifts in her practice from one moment to the…
R. Scherr, H. Close, S. McKagan, and E. Close, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 293-296.
In what we call “embodied learning activities,” instructors deliberately arrange for human bodies, or parts of the body, to stand in for entities in the description or explanation of…
R. Teodorescu, A. Pawl, S. Rayyan, A. Barrantes, and D. Pritchard, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 321-324.
We are building in LON-CAPA an integrated learning environment that will enable the development, dissemination and evaluation of PER-based material. This environment features a…
