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Tutorials in Physics Sense-Making: Catching Mistakes: The Case of Motion Graphs 
  
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This tutorial for conceptual physics asks students to predict the appearance of distance and velocity graphs for different types of walking motion, then verify their predictions with…
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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
Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Motion 
  
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This learning cycle features 19 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing fundamentals of motion in introductory physics courses. Each video includes learning…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Circular and Rotational Motion 
  
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This learning cycle features 11 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing the nature of circular motion in introductory physics courses. Each video includes…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy 
  
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This video-based experiment employs a classic Galileo's Pendulum to promote understanding of conservation of mechanical energy. Students explore qualitative ideas in the first video,…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Harmonic Motion and Waves 
  
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This learning cycle features nine videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing fundamentals of harmonic motion and waves. Each video includes learning goal, prior…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Fluids 
  
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This learning cycle features 12 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing fundamentals of fluid mechanics and Archimedes Principle. Each video includes learning…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Gases 
  
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This learning cycle features five videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing pressure and gases. It explores the relationship between pressure and volume, and…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Electricity and Magnetism 
  
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This learning cycle features 32 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing electricity and magnetism. Each video includes learning goal, prior knowledge required,…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Optics 
  
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This learning cycle features 10 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for teaching geometric optics in an introductory physics course. It explores reflection, refraction,…
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