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Multiple Modes of Reasoning in Physics Problem Solving, with Implications for Instruction  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Authors:
Schuster, David
Undreiu, Adriana
Adams, Betty
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Light / Geometrical Optics
Education Foundations / Cognition
Education Practices / Active Learning / Modelling
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Problem-solving is an important part of physics teaching, learning and assessment. It is widely assumed that the way that experts solve problems, and students should, is by systematic application of basic ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820928
Using Students' Design Tasks to Develop Scientific Abilities  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Zou, Xueli
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Active Learning
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Laboratory
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To help students develop the scientific abilities desired in the 21st century workplace, four different types of student design tasks—observation, verification, application, and investigation experiments—have ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820936
Comparing Student Use of Mathematical and Physical Vector Representations  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Van Deventer, Joel
Wittmann, Michael C.
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Assessment of Students / Instruments
General Physics / Physics Education Research
General Physics / Vector Algebra
Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
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Research has shown that students have difficulties with vectors in college introductory physics courses and high school physics courses; furthermore, students have been shown to perform worse on a vector task ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820935
Understanding How Physics Faculty Use Peer Instruction  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Authors:
Turpen, Chandra
Finkelstein, Noah
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Teacher Characteristics
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Practices / Active Learning
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We investigate how the use of physics education research tools is spreading throughout faculty practice and examine efforts to sustain the use of these practices. We specifically focus on analyzing the local ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820934
Symbols: Weapons of Math Destruction  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Torigoe, Eugene
Gladding, Gary
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Cognition
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Other Sciences / Mathematics
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This paper is part of an ongoing investigation of how students use and understand mathematics in introductory physics. Our previous research [1] revealed that differences in score as large as 50% can be observed ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820933
Effect of Misconception on Transfer in Problem Solving  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Singh, Chandralekha
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Cognition / Cognition Development
Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
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We examine the effect of misconceptions about friction on students' ability to solve problems and transfer from one context to another. We analyze written responses to paired isomorphic problems given to introductory ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820931
Introducing Ill-Structured Problems in Introductory Physics Recitations  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Shekoyan, Vazgen
Etkina, Eugenia
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Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Cognition
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One important aspect of physics instruction is helping students develop better problem solving expertise. Besides enhancing the content knowledge, problems help students develop different cognitive abilities ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820930
High school students' conceptual coherence of qualitative knowledge in the case of the force concept  [ Thesis ]
  
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Savinainen, Antti
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High School
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Education Practices / Active Learning
Education Foundations / Assessment of Students / Instruments
Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Foundations / Research Design & Methodology
Education Foundations / Student Characteristics / Ability
Education Foundations / Student Populations
Education Foundations / Student Populations / English as a Second Language
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The notion of students’ conceptual coherence is introduced in this thesis to clarify what is meant by conceptual understanding. Students’ conceptual coherence is divided into three aspects: contextual, representational, ...
http://joypub.joensuu.fi/publications/dissertations/savinainen_coherence...
Design And Non-design Labs: Does Transfer Occur?  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Authors:
Karelina, Anna
Etkina, Eugenia
Ruibal-Villasenor, Maria
Rosengrant, David
Van Heuvelen, Alan
Hmelo-Silver, Cindy
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Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Practices / Active Learning
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This paper is the second in the series of three describing a controlled study “Transfer of scientific abilities”. The study was conducted in a large-enrollment introductory physics course taught via Investigative ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820956
Spending Time On Design: Does It Hurt Physics Learning?  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Etkina, Eugenia
Van Heuvelen, Alan
Karelina, Anna
Ruibal-Villasenor, Maria
Rosengrant, David
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Lower Undergraduate
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General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Practices / Active Learning
Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Laboratory
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This paper is the first in a series of three describing a controlled study “Transfer of scientific abilities”. The study was conducted in a large enrollment student introductory physics course taught via Investigative ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820955
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