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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Probing student understanding of scientific thinking in the context of introductory astrophysics 
  
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High School
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Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Education Research
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Newton's Laws
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Student Characteristics / Affect
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R. Steinberg, S. Cormier, and A. Fernandez, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5 (2), 020104 (2009).
Common forms of testing of student understanding of science content can be misleading about their understanding of the nature of scientific thinking. Observational astronomy…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020104
Student Understanding Of Gravitational Potential Energy And The Motion Of Bodies In A Gravitational Field 
  
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100
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Gravity
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Energy and Temperature
General Physics / Physics Education Research
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M. Loverude - Conference Proceedings
We have been investigating student understanding of energy concepts in the context of introductory courses for non-science majors as well as those for science and engineering majors.…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2084705
Meeting the Needs of Our Future and In-Service Teachers: The Development and Implementation of a PER-Based Course to Teach Instructional Strategies in Astronomy 
  
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Professional Development
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Education Practices / Teacher Preparation
Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Curricula
Education Practices / Active Learning
Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Course
Education Practices / Pedagogy
Education Practices / Professional Development
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R. Lindell, D. Franke, E. Peak, T. Withee, and T. Foster - Conference Proceedings
In the last five years the State of Illinois radically changed its Science certification programs. This change resulted in the creation of a new certification in Earth and Space…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177014
American Journal of Physics
Technology talks: Clickers and grading incentive in the large lecture hall 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Assessment
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Assessment / Instruments
Education Practices / Technology
Education Practices / Technology / Audience Response
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S. Willoughby and E. Gustafson, Am. J. Phys., 77 (2), 180-183 (2009).
Two sections of an introductory astronomy class were given different grading incentives for clicker participation for two consecutive semesters. In the high stakes classroom points…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.3013542
Developing the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory 
  
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Education Foundations / Assessment / Instruments
Astronomy / Astronomy Education
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R. Lindell and J. Olsen - Conference Proceedings
This paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, discuss the development of the LPCI, as well as results from field-testing the instrument at five…
http://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4323&DocID=1162
Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don't 
  
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S. Tobias Publisher: Research Corporation - Online Resource
This book explores why so few efforts at reforming science education are successful, and why it is that the 300 studies on the subject published over the past decade have done little…
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0963350412/
Prentice Hall Educational Innovation Series 
  
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Publisher: Prentice Hall - Online Resource
This website contains information about a collection of resources inspired by physics education research that offer innovative methods for today's physics and astronomy teachers. The…
http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/esm/adv/tiponline/
AAPT New Faculty Workshop 
  
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Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers - Online Resource
This web page provides information and contacts for the New Faculty Workshop hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), in conjunction with the American…
http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/nfw.cfm
American Journal of Physics
Conceptual astronomy: A novel model for teaching postsecondary science courses 
  
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M. Zeilik, K. Teague, S. Hall, and W. Bisard, Am. J. Phys., 65 (10), 987-996 (1997).
An innovative, conceptually based instructional model for teaching large undergraduate astronomy courses was designed, implemented, and evaluated in the Fall 1995 semester. This…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.18702
American Journal of Physics
Conceptual astronomy II. Replicating conceptual gains, probing attitude changes across three semesters 
  
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M. Zeilik, N. Mattern, and C. Schau, Am. J. Phys., 67 (10), 923-927 (1999).
We report on a long-term, large-scale study of a one-semester, conceptually based, introductory astronomy course with data from more than 400 students over three semesters at the…
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.19151
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