K. Williamson, E. Prather, and S. Willoughby, Am. J. Phys., 84 (6), 458-466 (2016).
The study described here extends the applicability of the Newtonian Gravity Concept Inventory (NGCI) to college algebra-based physics classes, beyond the general education astronomy…
D. Syphers, PERC 2024 Proceedings, 420-425.
The metric tensor is a key concept in general relativity, necessary to describe black holes, gravitational waves, the expanding universe, and other interesting and important…
R. Gunstone and R. White, Sci. Educ., 65 (3), 291-299 (2005).
Reports results of a large-scale study that investigated the knowledge of gravity and related principles of mechanics possessed by first-year physics students (N=468) at Monash…