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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Force Concept Inventory-based multiple-choice test for investigating students' representational consistency 
  
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P. Nieminen, A. Savinainen, and J. Viiri, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020109 (2010).
This study investigates students’ ability to interpret multiple representations consistently (i.e., representational consistency) in the context of the force concept. For this…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10754&DocID=2203
Classical Mechanics/Math Methods I: Course Materials 
  
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S. Pollock; Publishers: Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado and University of Colorado at Boulder - Online Resource
This website provides the materials to teach a transformed sophomore-level classical mechanics/math methods course. The provided course is the first semester of a two-semester…
https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/classical
Representational Variant of the Force Concept Inventory (R-FCI) 
  
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P. Nieminen, A. Savinainen, and J. Viiri - Online Resource
This 30-minute research-based multiple-choice test is designed to investigate students' ability to interpret multiple representations consistently in the context of four force…
https://www.physport.org/assessments/RFCI
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Student reasoning about electrostatic and gravitational potential energy: An exploratory study with interdisciplinary consequences 
  
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B. Lindsey, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 10 (1), 013101 (2014).
This paper describes an investigation into student reasoning about potential energy in the context of introductory electrostatics. Similar incorrect reasoning patterns emerged both…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.013101
Teachers' explanations of student difficulties with gravitational potential energy 
  
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M. Wittmann, C. Alvarado, and L. Millay, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 396-399.
In a teacher professional development meeting, teachers were asked a question about potential energy and then to discuss why students might give a particular response to it. Working…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14278&DocID=4632
Teaching gravitational potential energy: Student interaction with surface manipulatives 
  
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A. Kimbrough, P. Emigh, J. Alfson, and E. Gire, PERC 2019 Proceedings, 288-293.
3D plastic surface models have been used to help students explore mathematical concepts related to functions of two variables. In order to understand how students interact with these…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15288&DocID=5200
Analyzing students’ reasoning about the inverse-square law through the lens of dual processing theories 
  
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D. Marsh and R. Bajracharya, PERC 2019 Proceedings, 360-365.
We discuss an investigation exploring students’ reasoning about the inverse-square law using the perspectives of dual processing. We find that students in both introductory…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15301&DocID=5213
American Journal of Physics
Applicability of the Newtonian gravity concept inventory to introductory college physics classes 
  
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K. Williamson, E. Prather, and S. Willoughby, Am. J. Phys., 84 (6), 458-466 (2016).
The study described here extends the applicability of the Newtonian Gravity Concept Inventory (NGCI) to college algebra-based physics classes, beyond the general education astronomy…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4945347
Development and calibration of a concept inventory to measure introductory college astronomy and physics students' understanding of Newtonian gravity 
  
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K. Williamson - Online Resource
The topic of Newtonian gravity offers a unique vantage point from which to investigate and encourage conceptual change because it is something with which everyone has daily…
https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/3027
A pilot study on draft tutorials for the metric in general relativity 
  
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D. Syphers, PERC 2024 Proceedings, 420-425.
The metric tensor is a key concept in general relativity, necessary to describe black holes, gravitational waves, the expanding universe, and other interesting and important…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16931&DocID=5998
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