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Practicing versus inventing with contrasting cases: The effects of telling first on learning and transfer.  [ Journal Article ]
  
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D. Schwartz, J. Educ. Psychol., 103 (4), 759-775 (2011).
Being told procedures and concepts before problem solving can inadvertently undermine the learning of deep structures in physics. If students do not learn the underlying structure of…
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025140
STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: From Good Teachers to Great Teaching  [ Report ]
  
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These two studies place a capstone on a decade of teacher effectiveness research. We now have compelling evidence that when teachers team up with their colleagues they are able to…
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521328.pdf
Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the 2004-05 Teacher Follow-up Survey  [ Report ]
  
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This report is a survey of a sample of the elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). It includes both teachers who leave…
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007307.pdf
National Science Education Standards 
  
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This book provides lists of national education standards from the National Academy of Science. It was created by contributions from science educators, scientists, and experts from…
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962/national-science-education-standards
Translation, Please! - Technical Jargon Translated 
  
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This webpage offers a translation and clarification of three often misused or misunderstood technical terms used by educators and scientists. These routinely used words or jargon…
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http://www.nationalacademies.org/rise/backg2c.htm
Identification and Examination of Physics Concepts that Students Find Most Difficult  [ Report ]
  
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Difficulty of physics concepts in 11th and 12th grade physics was examined using a questionnaire survey addressed to physics teachers in British Columbia. Teachers were asked to rate…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=4387
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A Java Applet for the viewing of simulations or various nano-machine parts. These models can be spun and have certain features shown.
http://jmol.sourceforge.net/demo/nanotech.html
Learning Disabilities and Student Accommodations  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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J. Olsen, 2007 PhysTEC Conference (2007).
This workshop presentation covers the issues of student learning disabilities and the accommodations that students with these disabilities will require. Types of learning…
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Harnessing active engagement in educational videos: Enhanced visuals and embedded questions 
  
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G. Kestin and K. Miller, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 18 (1), 010148 (2022).
The prevalence of online instruction highlights the importance of videos in education. Pedagogies that include elements that actively engage students are accepted as an improvement…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010148
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Why may students fail to learn from demonstrations? A social practice perspective on learning in physics 
  
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W. Roth, C. McRobbie, K. Lucas, and S. Boutonné, J. Res. Sci. Teaching, 34 (5), 509-533 (1998).
This study was designed to find out why students may fail to learn from teacher demonstrations. In the context of an interpretive study in an Australian senior-year high school…
https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199705)34:5<509::aid-tea6>3.0.co...
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