P. Kohl, C. Pearl, and V. Kuo, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 193-196.
Conceptual surveys like the FCI and CSEM are common, and course reforms often have the goal of improving student gains on these surveys. There exist various approaches to improving…
R. Pepper, S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, and K. Perkins, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 245-248.
We discuss student conceptual difficulties with Gauss’s law observed in an upper-division Electricity and Magnetism (E&M) course. Difficulties at this level have been described in…
S. Pollock, S. Chasteen, M. Dubson, and K. Perkins, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 261-264.
Many upper-division courses at the University of Colorado now regularly use peer instruction in the form of clicker questions during lectures. Particular attention has been paid to…
S. Rayyan, A. Pawl, A. Barrantes, R. Teodorescu, and D. Pritchard, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 273-276.
We examine the performance of a group of students in Introductory Electricity and Magnetism following a ReView course in Introductory Mechanics focusing on problem solving employing…