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PhysicsQuest and ComPADRE for Middle School Teaching  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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B. Christian and W. Christian
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B. Christian and W. Christian, North Carolina Science Teachers Association (2010).
Abstract: A workshop for middle school teachers based on four PhysicsQuest experiments from the American Physical Society. Teachers learn how the 2009 PhysicsQuest kit can be used…
  
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G. Zhu
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This thesis uses a number of Open Source Physics simulations to explore issues related to students’ common difficulties in learning upper-level undergraduate quantum mechanics and…
Newton's Cradle Applet  [ Computer Program ]
  
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F. Hwang and L. Wee
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Newton's cradle, named after Sir Isaac Newton, is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. A typical Newton's cradle…
A History of The OSP-CoLoS Collaboration  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, F. Esquembre, F. Hwang, and S. Divjak
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, F. Esquembre, F. Hwang, and S. Divjak, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
Over the past ten years, Open Source Physics (OSP) and Conceptual Learning of Science (CoLoS) members have worked together to produce the world’s largest collection of interactive…
Simulating What You See  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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D. Brown and W. Christian
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D. Brown and W. Christian, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
This conference proceedings paper describes how the Tracker video analysis and modeling program enables students to create particle model simulations based on Newton's laws and to…
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
For the past thirty years, U.S. high school science instruction has evolved toward common teaching standards. Despite this trend, consistent, well organized multimedia-based…
Aligning Simulations with US Teaching Standards  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
This conference proceedings paper shows how EJS simulations from the OSP Collection can be used to support teaching standards in the US. We describe how ComPADRE tools are used to…
  
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W. Christian, D. Brown, and F. Esquembre
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This paper outlines the pedagogical and technical features of the Open Source Physics (OSP) project and how we use OSP-based tools and resources to introduce modeling into the…
Physics Education
  
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L. Wee, C. Chew, G. Goh, S. Tan, and T. Lee, Phys. Educ., 47 (4), 9 (2012).
This article reports on the use of Tracker as a pedagogical tool in the effective learning and teaching of projectile motion in physics. When a computer model building learning…
  
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L. Wee, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting Conference 2010 Summer Meeting , 4 (2010).
Paper FI05 presented at the AAPT Summer 2010 meeting in Portland, OR. To deepen the professional practice of physics educators, I seek to highlight the Open Source Physics (OSP) and…
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