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The Story Behind The Science 
  
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This website presents stories spanning five disciplines, all designed to spark student interest by introducing them to the human involvement in important scientific endeavors and…
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The Story Behind the Science: Pendulum Motion 
  
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This web page presents the story of the humble pendulum and its significant role in the development of modern science. Inspired by Galileo's classic experimentation, the pendulum…
https://www.storybehindthescience.org/pdf/pendulum.pdf
The Story Behind the Science: The Role of Theory - Pendulum Motion and Shape of the Earth 
  
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This web page presents the story of how the "spherical Earth theory" was challenged, tested, defended, and ultimately rejected through rigorous experimentation in the late 17th…
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Helping Students to Think Like Scientists in Socratic Dialogue-Inducing Labs 
  
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R. Hake, Phys. Teach., 50 (1), 48-52 (2012).
Socratic dialogue-inducing (SDI) labs are based on Arnold Arons' half-century of ethnographic research, listening carefully to students' responses to probing Socratic questions on…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3670087
High-Tech Tools for Teaching Physics: the Physics Education Technology Project  [ Journal Article ]
  
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N. Finkelstein, W. Adams, C. Keller, K. Perkins, C. Wieman, and PhET, J. Online Learn. & Teaching, 2 (3), 12 (2006).
This paper introduces a suite of computer simulations from the Physics Education Technology (PhET) project, identifies features of these educational tools, and demonstrates their…
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Teaching nonscience majors about electromagnetic radiation 
  
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S. Kapon and H. Veksler, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (2), 020141 (2020).
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] We discuss the theoretical underpinnings that informed the considerations and decisions…
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Teaching electric circuits with a focus on potential differences 
  
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J. Burde and T. Wilhelm, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (2), 020153 (2020).
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] Developing a solid understanding of simple electric circuits represents a major…
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IOPSpark: Misconceptions Collection 
  
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This collection from the UK's Institute of Physics presents findings from academic literature about the varied ideas young people have regarding processes in the physical world. It…
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IOPSpark: Many students are unable to accurately represent a magnetic field using field lines 
  
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This page from the Institute of Physics provides resources developed specifically to address secondary students' difficulties in understanding how magnetic field is related to…
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IOPSpark: Many students are slow to adopt the idea of magnetic poles 
  
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This page from the Institute of Physics provides two tutorials and one lab designed to specifically address students' difficulties in understanding magnetic effects in terms of…
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