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Instructional explanations as an interface - The role of explanatory primitives  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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S. Kapon and A. diSessa
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S. Kapon and A. diSessa, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 189-192.
What makes an instructional sequence in physics meaningful to students? Why do some explanations seem more plausible than others? Why is it that an explanation can appear plausible…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10446&DocID=19...
Our best juniors still struggle with Gauss’s Law: Characterizing their difficulties  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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R. Pepper, S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, and K. Perkins
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10464&DocID=19...
Students’ Understanding of the Concepts of Vector Components and Vector Products  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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G. Zavala and P. Barniol
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G. Zavala and P. Barniol, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 341-344.
In this article we investigate students’ understanding of: 1) vector components and, 2) vector products. We administered a test to 409 students completing introductory physics…
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Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education  [ Thesis ]
  
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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…
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Selected Works of Dewey I. Dykstra 
  
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This web page is an open-access repository where users may download full articles, papers, and scholarly works written by physics education researcher Dewey Dykstra. A professor of…
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Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students 
  
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D. Dykstra and D. Sweet
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This is a cost-free version of a research article relating to student understanding of motion in grades 4, 6, and 8. Methods of physics education research were applied to find what…
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Student Understanding of Cross Product Direction and Use of Right-Hand Rules: An Exploration of Representation and Context-Dependence  [ Thesis ]
  
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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…
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Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education
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., 3 (1), 51-74 (2011).
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…
http://earsiv.kastamonu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/823...
Improving instruction in mechanics through identification and elicitation of pivotal cases in student reasoning  [ Thesis ]
  
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This dissertation reports efforts to develop instructional materials on linear momentum, angular momentum, and forces on rigid bodies in standard introductory physics course. Many…
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International Journal of Science Education
Students' Understanding of the Special Theory of Relativity and Design for a Guided Visit to a Science Museum 
  
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J. Guisasola, J. Solbes, J. Barragues, M. Morentin Pascual, and A. Moreno, Int. J. Sci. Educ., 31 (15), 2085–2104 (2009).
The present paper describes the design of teaching materials that are used as learning tools in school visits to a science museum. An exhibition on 'A century of the Special Theory…
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690802353536
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