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Student Use of Physics to Make Sense of Incomplete but Functional VPython Programs in a Lab Setting 
  
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Computational activities in Matter & Interactions, an introductory calculus-based physics course, provide students with experience applying a small set of fundamental principles to…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11184&DocID=3062
An investigation of student thinking regarding calorimetry, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics 
  
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This thesis constitutes an investigation into student understanding of concepts in thermal physics in an introductory calculus-based university physics course. Nearly 90% of students…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12337&DocID=3068
Assessing and Enhancing the Introductory Science Course in Physics and Biology: Peer Instruction, Classroom Demonstrations, and Genetics Vocabulary 
  
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A. Fagen - Thesis
Most introductory college science courses in the United States are taught in large lectures with students rarely having the opportunity to think critically about the material being…
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Understanding student computational thinking with computational modeling 
  
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J. Aiken, M. Caballero, S. Douglas, J. Burk, E. Scanlon, B. Thoms, and M. Schatz, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 46-49.
Recently, the National Research Council's framework for next generation science standards highlighted "computational thinking" as one of its "fundamental practices". 9th Grade…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12626&DocID=3214
Students' interdisciplinary reasoning about "high-energy bonds" and ATP 
  
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B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, V. Sawtelle, J. Svoboda, C. Turpen, and E. Redish, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 122-125.
Students' sometimes contradictory ideas about ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and the nature of chemical bonds have been studied in the biology and chemistry education literatures, but…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12789&DocID=3324
Students' reasoning about interdisciplinarity 
  
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B. Geller, B. Dreyfus, V. Sawtelle, J. Svoboda, C. Turpen, and E. Redish, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 146-149.
We present case-study data of undergraduates describing the relationship between scientific disciplines. Rather than viewing biology, chemistry, and physics as existing in…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12794&DocID=3329
Comparing Physics and Math Problems 
  
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D. Jones and R. Roseman, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 206-209.
Presented is a subsection of a larger project to understand and facilitate students’ use of mathematics when solving physics problems. Specifically, this study is an examination of…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12813&DocID=3347
Identity and Belonging: Are You a Physicist (Chemist)? 
  
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S. Li and M. Loverude, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 246-249.
When science undergraduates begin their upper-division coursework, their declaration of major becomes more concrete and meaningful as they have opportunities to interact more deeply…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12825&DocID=3358
Additional Evidence of Far Transfer of Scientific Reasoning Skills Acquired in a CLASP Reformed Physics Course 
  
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W. Potter and R. Lynch, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 314-317.
The introductory physics course taken by biological science majors at UC Davis, Physics 7, was radically reformed 16 years ago in order to explicitly emphasize the development of…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12841&DocID=3374
Understanding and Interpreting Calculus Graphs: Refining an Instrument 
  
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N. Perez-Goytia, A. Dominguez, and G. Zavala, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 249-252.
The objective of this ongoing study is to refine an instrument to evaluate conceptual understanding and graphical interpretation of a function and its derivative. The instrument is…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10465&DocID=1925
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