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Private Universe Project in Science 
  
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This is a collection of nine video-based workshops developed to help teachers identify and implement strategies that help students deeply learn abstract science content. Be prepared…
https://www.learner.org/series/a-private-universe/
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Do students use and understand free-body diagrams? 
  
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D. Rosengrant, A. Van Heuvelen, and E. Etkina, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5 (1), 010108 (2009).
Physics education literature recommends using multiple representations to help students understand concepts and solve problems. However, there is little research concerning why…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010108
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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…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020153
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Development and validation of the moon phases concept inventory for middle school 
  
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P. Chastenay and M. Riopel, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (2), 020107 (2020).
This article presents the Moon Phases Concept Inventory (MCPI), a pre-test and post-test assessment instrument for middle school students. It is intended to target students in the…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020107
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Gender differences in self-efficacy states in high school physics 
  
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J. Nissen, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 15 (1), 013102 (2019).
Self-efficacy, the belief in one’s ability to succeed in learning tasks, predicts learning and success in education broadly and physics specifically. While self-efficacy increases…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.013102
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Reducing the gender gap in students’ physics self-efficacy in a team- and project-based introductory physics class 
  
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T. Espinosa, K. Miller, I. Araujo, and E. Mazur, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 15 (1), 010132 (2019).
Self-efficacy represents an individual’s belief that he or she can perform a particular task in a given domain. It is a strong predictor for performance and persistence in STEM…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010132
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Effectiveness of Ninth-Grade Physics in Maine: Conceptual Understanding 
  
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M. O'Brien and J. Thompson, Phys. Teach., 47 (4), 234-239 (2009).
The Physics First movement—teaching a true physics course to ninth-grade students—is gaining popularity in high schools. There are several different rhetorical arguments for and…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3098211
Precalculus Concept Assessment: A predictor of AP Calculus AB and BC scores  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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R. Meylani and D. Teuscher, Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 787 - 794 (2011).
This study establishes a theoretical framework for predicting the American College Testing (ACT) Mathematics sub-score and AP Calculus AB and BC scores from the Precalculus Concept…
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When Is It Better to Learn Together? Insights from Research on Collaborative Learning 
  
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T. Nokes-Malach, J. Richey, and S. Gadgil, Educ. Psychol. Rev, 27 (4), 645-656 (2015).
Although collaboration is often considered a beneficial learning strategy, research examining the claim suggests a much more complex picture. Critically, the question is not whether…
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9312-8
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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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