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We describe a modeling approach to help students learn expert problem solving. Models are used to present and hierarchically organize the syllabus content and apply it to problem…
D. Pritchard, A. Barrantes, and B. Belland, PERC 2009 Proceedings, 43-46.
We have surveyed what various groups of instructors and students think students should learn in introductory physics. We started with a Delphi Study based on interviews with experts,…
E. Etkina, A. Karelina, S. Murthy, and M. Ruibal-Villasenor, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5 (1), 010109 (2009).
The paper reports on how educational research informed and supported both the process of refinement of introductory physics laboratory instruction and student development of…
M. Kohlmyer, M. Caballero, R. Catrambone, R. Chabay, L. Ding, M. Haugan, M. Marr, B. Sherwood, and M. Schatz, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5 (2), 020105 (2009).
The performance of over 2000 students in introductory calculus-based electromagnetism (E&M) courses at four large research universities was measured using the Brief Electricity and…