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American Journal of Physics
Modeling student thinking: An example from special relativity. 
  
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R. Scherr, Am. J. Phys., 75 (3), 272-280.
Our understanding of the nature of student ideas informs our instructional and research agendas. In this paper, I characterize student ideas in terms of five observable properties…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2410013
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
How students learn from multiple contexts and definitions: Proper time as a coordination class 
  
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O. Levrini and A. diSessa, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 4 (1), 010107 (2008).
This article provides an empirical analysis of a single classroom episode in which students reveal difficulties with the concept of proper time in special relativity but slowly make…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.4.010107
American Journal of Physics
Student understanding of time in special relativity: Simultaneity and reference frames 
  
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R. Scherr, P. Shaffer, and S. Vokos, Am. J. Phys., 69 (S1), S24-S35 (2001).
An article reporting on an investigation of student understanding of the concept of time in special relativity. The results indicate that after standard instruction students at all…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1371254
American Journal of Physics
The challenge of changing deeply held student beliefs about the relativity of simultaneity 
  
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R. Scherr, P. Shaffer, and S. Vokos, Am. J. Phys., 70 (12), 1238-1248 (2002).
An article on the development and assessment of instructional materials intended to improve student understanding of the concept of time in special relativity, the relativity of…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1509420