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2020 PERC Proceedings

Conference Information

Dates: July 22-23, 2020
Location: Virtual Conference
Theme: Insights, Reflections, & Future Directions: Emergent Themes in the Evolving PER Community

Proceedings Information

Editors: Steven Wolf, Michael B. Bennett, and Brian W. Frank
Published: October 22, 2020
Info: Single book; 636 pages; 8.5 X 11 inches, double column
ISBN: 978-1-931024-37-2
ISSN (Print): 1539-9028
ISSN (Online): 2377-2379

The theme of the 2020 PER conference was "Insights, Reflections, & Future Directions: Emergent Themes in the Evolving PER Community." This conference was an invitation for the PER community to explore emergent themes in PER as a scholarly endeavor and as a research community. In addition to the papers addressing this year’s theme, the remainder of the papers represent the diversity of current research within PER and help this volume fulfill its purpose of providing an annual snapshot of the field.

Readership: Physics education researchers (faculty, post-doctoral students, and graduate/undergraduate students); researchers in fields close to Physics Education, such as cognitive science, chemistry education, biology education; physics faculty at undergraduate and graduate levels; high school physics teachers.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Preface
Plenary Papers (1)
Peer-reviewed Papers (99)
Back Matter

PLENARY MANUSCRIPTS (1)

First Author Index

Cochran

Plenary Papers

A framework for improving diversity work in physics
Geraldine L. Cochran and Mildred Boveda
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 9-15, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.plenary.pr.Cochran
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In this paper we draw on Black Feminist Theory to motivate examining diversity work in physics with an emphasis on physics education research. In our framework, we consider three major approaches to doing diversity work acknowledging and naming diversity, affirming diversity, and removing barriers to increase diversity. We examine these approaches with goals of attending to the affordances of existing diversity work and identifying the constraints for those currently seeking to diversify the field. We use intersectionality to critique diversity efforts in physics and conclude with suggestions on elevating and complicating diversity work in physics and physics education research.

G. L. Cochran and M. Boveda, A framework for improving diversity work in physics, 2020 PERC Proceedings [Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020], edited by S. Wolf, M. B. Bennett, and B. W. Frank, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.plenary.pr.Cochran.

PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (99)

First Author Index

Amezcua · Amos · Barthelemy · Bauman · Bertschinger · Boudreaux · Breakall · Broadfoot · Buggé · Burde · Canright · Christman · Conlin · Corsiglia · Crossette · Cwik · Dopatka · Doty · Doucette · Dounas-Frazer · Eblen-Zayas · Felker · Fields · Fox · Franklin · Gavrin · Gifford · Goodhew · Guthrie · Gutmann · Head · Henderson · Her · Hoehn · Huffman · Ives · Jambuge · Jeon · Johnson · Justice · Kalender · Keebaugh · Kepple · Levy · Li · Logan · López-Tavares · Marsh · Marshman · May · McColgan · McInerny · McQuade · Mitchell-Polka · Mondesir · Monsalve · Muller · Myers · Nadeau · Olsho · Owens · Patterson · Pearson III · Pollard · Quaal · Quichocho · Rainey · Ramey II · Rodriguez · Rosenblatt · Ryan · Sagear · Sánchez · Sayer · Scanlon · Scherr · Sirnoorkar · Smith · Stang · Stanley · Starita · Hewagallage · Strubbe · Stump · Sulaiman · Sundstrom · Trucks · Vignal · Walsh · Weidner · Werth · White · Wilcox · Wilson · Young · Zich · Zimmerman · Zwartz

Peer-reviewed Papers

Students’ exploring and refining their equity ethic within the Access Network
Fidel Amezcua, Gina M. Quan, and Chandra Turpen
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 17-22, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Amezcua
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Excerpts from an exploratory survey of units/dimensional analysis in introductory physics
Nathaniel R. Amos, David Harris, and Jeffrey Hutchinson
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 23-27, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Amos
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Graduate programs in physics education research: A USA based survey
Ramón S. Barthelemy, Mirna Mohamed, Alexis V. Knaub, and Charles R. Henderson
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 28-32, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Barthelemy
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Identifying student conceptual resources for understanding electric current
Lauren C. Bauman, Jonathan Corcoran, Lisa M. Goodhew, and Amy D. Robertson
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 33-38, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Bauman
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Systemic Change: TEAM-UP and Beyond
Edmund Bertschinger
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 39-44, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Bertschinger
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Toward a framework for the natures of proportional reasoning in introductory physics
Andrew Boudreaux, Stephen E. Kanim, Alexis Olsho, Suzanne White Brahmia, Charlotte Zimmerman, and Trevor I. Smith
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 45-50, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Boudreaux
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Maybe we aren’t that different after all: Faculty perceptions of grade 7-12 teaching as a career
Jared B. Breakall, Savannah L. Logan, Richard L. Pearson III, Brian A. Pyper, and Wendy K. Adams
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 51-56, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Breakall
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Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics
Cheyenne Broadfoot, Brynna Hansen, Amy D. Robertson, and Lisa M. Goodhew
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 57-62, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Broadfoot
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The long-term effects of learning in an ISLE approach classroom
Danielle Buggé and Eugenia Etkina
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 63-68, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Bugge
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Evaluating secondary school students’ interest and conceptual understanding of circuits
Jan-Philipp Burde, Thomas Wilhelm, Martin Hopf, Lana Ivanjek, Thomas Schubatzky, Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer, Liza Dopatka, and Verena Spatz
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 69-74, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Burde
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Leveraging virtual reality for student development of force models in the introductory lab
Jared P. Canright, Jack R. Olsen, and Suzanne White Brahmia
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 75-80, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Canright
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Exploring the CLASS with Item Response Theory
Elaine Christman, Paul M. Miller, and John Stewart
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 81-86, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Christman
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From ‘having a day’ to doing astronomy: Supporting families learning together
Luke D. Conlin and Megan R. Luce
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 87-91, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Conlin
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Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics
Giaco Corsiglia, Tyler Garcia, Benjamin P. Schermerhorn, Gina Passante, Homeyra R. Sadaghiani, and Steven J. Pollock
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 92-97, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Corsiglia
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Investigating how graduate students connect microstates and macrostates with entropy
Nathan Crossette, Michael Vignal, and Bethany R. Wilcox
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 98-103, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Crossette
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How the learning environment predicts male and female students’ motivational beliefs in algebra-based introductory physics courses
Sonja Cwik, Kyle M. Whitcomb, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 104-110, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Cwik
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Measuring students' interest in physics
Liza Dopatka, Verena Spatz, Jan-Philipp Burde, Thomas Wilhelm, Lana Ivanjek, Martin Hopf, Thomas Schubatzky, and Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 111-116, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Dopatka
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Impact of changing physical learning space on GTA and student behaviors
Constance M. Doty, Tong Wan, Ashley A. Geraets, Christopher A. Nix, Erin K. H. Saitta, and Jacquelyn J. Chini
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 117-123, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Doty
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What Makes a Good Physics Lab Partner?
Danny Doucette, Russell Clark, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 124-130, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Doucette
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Student perceptions of laboratory classroom activities and experimental physics practice
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Kimme S. Johnson, Soojin E. Park, Jacob T. Stanley, and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 131-136, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Dounas-Frazer
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Supporting student quantitative skills across introductory STEM courses: faculty approaches and perceived needs
Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Ellen Altermatt, Laura J. Muller, Jonathan Leamon, and Sundi Richard
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 137-142, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Eblen-Zayas
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The impact of extra credit incentives on students’ work habits when completing online homework assignments
Zachary Felker and Zhongzhou Chen
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 143-148, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Felker
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The transition to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic at a regional, rural university: The experience of learning assistants
Melanie Fields, Bahar Modir, William G. Newton, Robynne M. Lock, and J. Clay Stanfield
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 149-154, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Fields
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Capturing modeling pathways using the Modeling Assessment for Physics Laboratory Experiments
Michael F. J. Fox, Benjamin Pollard, Laura Ríos, and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 155-160, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Fox
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Physics education research’s implicit views of physics faculty
Maxwell Franklin, Linda E. Strubbe, and Eleanor C. Sayre
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 161-166, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Franklin
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Physics students' reactions to an abrupt shift in instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic
Andrew Gavrin
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 167-172, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Gavrin
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A framework for curriculum design to support mathematical sense making
Julian D. Gifford and Noah D. Finkelstein
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 173-178, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Gifford
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A case of resources-oriented instruction in calculus-based introductory physics
Lisa M. Goodhew, Amy D. Robertson, and Paula R. L. Heron
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 179-184, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Goodhew
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A tale of two guessing strategies: interpreting the time students spend solving problems through online log data
Matthew W. Guthrie, Tom Zhang, and Zhongzhou Chen
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 185-190, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Guthrie
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“I’m not that important”: Barriers and bolsters to student agency during conversations about the intersections of physics and ethics
Brianne Gutmann, Egla Ochoa-Madrid, and Alice R. Olmstead
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 191-197, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Gutmann
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Believe that they can achieve: How Teacher Attitudes Toward Physics Impact Student Outcomes
T. Blake Head, Raina Khatri, Zahra Hazari, Geoff Potvin, and Robynne M. Lock
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 198-203, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Head
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Implementing a mixed-methods approach to understand students’ self-efficacy: A pilot study
Rachel Henderson and Vashti Sawtelle
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 204-209, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Henderson
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Examining student understanding of matrix algebra and eigentheory
Pachi Her and Michael E. Loverude
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 210-215, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Her
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Investigating students' views about the role of writing in physics lab classes
Jessica R. Hoehn and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 216-221, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Hoehn
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Investigating Upper-Division Students' Interpretations of the Divergence Theorem
James A. Huffman, Michael Vignal, and Bethany R. Wilcox
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 222-227, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Huffman
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Exploratory Factor Analysis of a survey on group-exam experiences and subsequent investigation of the role of group familiarity
Joss Ives, Jared B. Stang, José Arias-Bustamente, Patrick J. Dubois, and Analise Hofmann
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 228-233, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Ives
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Assessment feedback: A tool to promote scientific practices in upper-division
Amali Priyanka Jambuge, Katherine D. Rainey, Bethany R. Wilcox, and James T. Laverty
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 234-239, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Jambuge
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How do gender and inchargeness interact to affect equity in lab group interactions?
Sophia M. Jeon, Z. Yasemin Kalender, Eleanor C. Sayre, and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 240-245, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Jeon
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Examining consistency of student errors in vector operations using module analysis
Nekeisha Johnson and John B. Buncher
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 246-251, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Johnson
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Instructional Pragmatism: Using a variety of evidence-based approaches flexibly to improve learning
Paul Justice, Emily Marshman, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 252-258, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Justice
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Sense of agency, gender, and students’ perception in open-ended physics labs
Z. Yasemin Kalender, Martin M. Stein, and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 259-265, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Kalender
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Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles
Christof Keebaugh, Emily Marshman, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 266-271, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Keebaugh
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Pedagogy training for the development of GTA mindsets and inclusive teaching practices
Caitlin Kepple, Marakee Tilahun, Natalia Matti, and Kim Coble
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 272-277, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Kepple
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Re-defining lab norms via professional learning communities of physics teachers
Smadar Levy, Zehorit Kapach, Esther Magen, and Edit Yerushalmi
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 278-283, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Levy
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How learning environment predicts male and female students’ physics motivational beliefs in introductory physics courses
Yangqiuting Li, Kyle M. Whitcomb, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 284-290, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Li
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College faculty support for grade 7-12 teaching careers: survey results and comparisons to student perceptions
Savannah L. Logan, Jared B. Breakall, Richard L. Pearson III, and Wendy K. Adams
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 291-296, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Logan
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Research Projects in Science Education for Preschool, Evolution, and Results in Curriculum Development, Evaluation Tools, and Teacher Workshops.
Diana Berenice López-Tavares, Mario Humberto Ramírez-Díaz, and Soraida Zúñiga-Martínez
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 297-302, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Lopez-Tavares
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(Re)imagining success through photovoice: Highlighting a research and teaching strategy that could be useful in physics/STEM education
L. Trenton S. Marsh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 303-308, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Marsh
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Improving student understanding of Dirac notation by using analogical reasoning in the context of a three-dimensional vector space
Emily Marshman and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 309-314, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Marshman
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Students’ dynamic engagement with experimental data in a physics laboratory setting
Jason M. May, Lauren A. Barth-Cohen, Jordan M. Gerton, and Claudia De Grandi
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 315-320, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.May
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Team-based learning in physics courses
Michele W. McColgan, Rose A. Finn, George E. Hassel, and Zuleyha Yuksek
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 321-326, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.McColgan
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Investigating a collaborative group exam as an instructional tool to address student reasoning difficulties that remain even after instruction
Alistair McInerny and Mila Kryjevskaia
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 327-333, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.McInerny
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Characteristics of institutions with Learning Assistant programs: An equity investigation
Alexa McQuade, Jayson M. Nissen, and Manher Jariwala
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 334-339, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.McQuade
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The physics classroom as a space for empowerment
Khadíjih Mitchell-Polka, William E. Lindsay, Julian Stenzel Martins, and Valerie K. Otero
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 340-345, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Mitchell-Polka
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Toward characterizing the demographics of introductory physics courses
Raphael Mondesir and Amy D. Robertson
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 346-351, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Mondesir
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An Investigation of Degree Pathways for Students of Color with Transfer Credits
Camila Monsalve, Rachel Henderson, and Vashti Sawtelle
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 352-357, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Monsalve
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Design Principles to Support Physics and Engineering Learning in Complementary Classrooms and Field Trip Activities
Alexandria Muller, Ron K. Skinner, Tarah Connolly, Devon M. Christman, and Danielle B. Harlow
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 358-363, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Muller
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Student perspective about the impacts of feedback
Carissa Myers, Rachel Henderson, Daryl R. McPadden, and Paul W. Irving
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 364-369, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Myers
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Participation in an online community of high school physics teachers
Michael Nadeau, Bahar Modir, Robynne M. Lock, and William G. Newton
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 370-375, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Nadeau
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Online administration of a reasoning inventory in development
Alexis Olsho, Suzanne White Brahmia, Charlotte Zimmerman, Trevor I. Smith, Philip Eaton, and Andrew Boudreaux
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 376-381, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Olsho
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Physics GRE Requirements Create Uneven Playing Field for Graduate Applicants
Lindsay M. Owens, Benjamin M. Zwickl, Scott V. Franklin, and Casey W. Miller
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 382-387, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Owens
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Students’ pre-instructional perspectives of quantum physics
Zac Patterson and Lin Ding
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 388-393, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Patterson
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Faculty perception insights obtained from faculty interviews during the development of the Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession in Higher Education (PTaP.HE) instrument
Richard L. Pearson III, Savannah L. Logan, and Wendy K. Adams
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 394-399, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Pearson_III
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Creating a coupled multiple response assessment for modeling in lab courses
Benjamin Pollard, Michael F. J. Fox, Laura Ríos, and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 400-405, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Pollard
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Exploratory factor analysis of the QMCA
Adam Quaal, Gina Passante, Steven J. Pollock, and Homeyra R. Sadaghiani
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 406-411, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Quaal
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Understanding physics identity development through the identity performances of Black, Indigenous, and women of color and LGBTQ+ women in physics
Xandria R. Quichocho, Erin M. Schipull, and Eleanor W. Close
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 412-417, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Quichocho
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Developing coupled, multiple-response assessment items addressing scientific practices
Katherine D. Rainey, Amali Priyanka Jambuge, James T. Laverty, and Bethany R. Wilcox
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 418-423, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Rainey
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Comparative analysis of letters and reports in an upper-division lab
Charles L. Ramey II, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, and Beth Ann Thacker
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 424-429, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Ramey_II
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The associations between conceptual learning, physics identity and social interdependence
Miguel Rodriguez and Geoff Potvin
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 430-435, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Rodriguez
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Investigating partnerships and funding for the Physics Education Research community
Rebecca Rosenblatt
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 436-441, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Rosenblatt
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Question Characteristics and Students’ Epistemic Framing
Qing X. Ryan, Darwin Del Agunos, Scott V. Franklin, Manuel Gomez-Bera, and Eleanor C. Sayre
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 442-447, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Ryan
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Student learning outcomes with hybrid computer simulations and hands-on labs
Sheila Sagear, Emily Allen, Andrew Duffy, and Manher Jariwala
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 448-453, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sagear
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Analysis of student perceptions of classroom structure, belongingness, and motivation in an introductory physics course
Alfredo X. Sánchez and Laura Ríos
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 454-459, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sanchez
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Advanced students’ and faculty members’ reasoning about the double slit experiment with single particles
Ryan Sayer, Alexandru Maries, and Chandralekha Singh
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 460-465, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sayer
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Practicing physicists’ knowledge about disability: Development of the Disability and Physics Careers Survey (DPCS)
Erin M. Scanlon, Daniel Oleynik, and Jacquelyn J. Chini
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 466-471, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Scanlon
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Centering and marginalization in introductory university physics courses
Rachel E. Scherr, W. Tali Hairston, and Sarah B. McKagan
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 472-477, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Scherr
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Qualitative Analysis of Students' Epistemic Framing Surrounding Instructor's Interaction
Amogh Sirnoorkar, Christopher A. F. Hass, Qing X. Ryan, and Eleanor C. Sayre
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 478-483, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sirnoorkar
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“Let’s just pretend”: Students’ shifts in frames during a content-reinforcement lab
Emily M. Smith and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 484-489, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Smith_M
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Toward a valid instrument for measuring physics quantitative literacy
Trevor I. Smith, Philip Eaton, Suzanne White Brahmia, Alexis Olsho, Charlotte Zimmerman, and Andrew Boudreaux
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 490-496, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Smith_T
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Exploring the contributions of self-efficacy and test anxiety to gender differences in assessments
Jared B. Stang, Emily Altiere, Joss Ives, and Patrick J. Dubois
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 497-502, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Stang
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Perspectives on informal programs: How site visits can help us learn more
Bryan Stanley, Dena Izadi, and Kathleen A. Hinko
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 503-508, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Stanley
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What makes a person a physicist? Learning Assistant and physics major views
Jason T. Starita, Gary D. White, and Tiffany-Rose Sikorski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 509-514, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Starita
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What does the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation pretest measure?
Dona Sachini Hewagallage and John Stewart
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 515-520, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Stewart
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PhysPort as professional development to foster creativity in teaching
Linda E. Strubbe, Adrian M. Madsen, Sarah B. McKagan, and Eleanor C. Sayre
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 521-526, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Strubbe
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Student reasoning about sources of experimental measurement uncertainty in quantum versus classical mechanics
Emily M. Stump, Courtney White, Gina Passante, and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 527-532, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Stump
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Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course
Nidhal Sulaiman, Benjamin Pollard, and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 533-538, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sulaiman
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Problematizing in inquiry-based labs: how students respond to unexpected results
Meagan Sundstrom, Anna McLean Phillips, and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 539-544, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Sundstrom
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Extending Learning Beyond the Planetarium with the Dome+ Model
Jesica L. Trucks, Kathleen A. Hinko, and Shannon Schmoll
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 545-550, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Trucks
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Comparing Unprompted and Prompted Student-Generated Diagrams
Michael Vignal and Bethany R. Wilcox
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 551-556, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Vignal
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Connecting the dots: Student social networks in introductory physics labs
Cole Walsh, Daniyar Kushaliev, and N. G. Holmes
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 557-562, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Walsh
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Investigating student use of a flexible tool for simulating and visualizing quantum mechanics
Carrie A. Weidner, Shaeema Z. Ahmed, Jesper H. M. Jensen, Jacob F. Sherson, and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 563-568, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Weidner
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Process of transforming of an introductory mechanics lab course at Fort Lewis College
Alexandra Werth and H. J. Lewandowski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 569-574, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Werth
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Student evaluation of more or better experimental data in classical and quantum mechanics
Courtney White, Emily M. Stump, N. G. Holmes, and Gina Passante
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 575-580, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.White
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Understanding the student experience with emergency remote teaching
Bethany R. Wilcox and Michael Vignal
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 581-586, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Wilcox
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Who Goes where: patterns in academic field switching of successful college graduates
Emily C. Wilson and Scott V. Franklin
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 587-592, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Wilson
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A case of successful learning about magnetism through the use of evidence
Tamara G. Young, Lauren A. Barth-Cohen, Sarah K. Braden, and Sara Gailey
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 593-598, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Young
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Changes to equipotential diagrams to improve student ranking of electric potential
Raymond Zich, Rebecca Rosenblatt, Amber Sammons, Andrew Princer, and Jeffrey Rosauer
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 599-604, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Zich
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Exploring student facility with "goes like'' reasoning in introductory physics
Charlotte Zimmerman, Alexis Olsho, Suzanne White Brahmia, Andrew Boudreaux, Trevor I. Smith, and Philip Eaton
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 605-610, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Zimmerman
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Examining student growth in laboratory notebook practices in introductory physics courses
Michael Zwartz and Joseph F. Kozminski
2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 611-616, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Zwartz
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