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Student expectations in a group learning activity on harmonic motion 
  
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A. Kaczynski and M. Wittmann, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 210-213.
Students in a sophomore-level mechanics course participated in a new group learning activity that was intended to support model-building and finding coherence between multiple…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12814&DocID=3348
Student Understanding of Period in Introductory and Quantum Physics Courses 
  
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T. Wan, P. Emigh, G. Passante, and P. Shaffer, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 380-383.
Time dependence is an important concept in quantum mechanics that has been shown to be difficult for many students. In trying to understand the problems that students encounter, the…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14274&DocID=4628
Physical Review Physics Education Research
Firsthand or secondhand data in school labs: It does not make a difference 
  
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B. Priemer, S. Pfeiler, and T. Ludwig, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 16 (1), 013102 (2020).
This article reports the findings of an empirical study that investigated whether the source of data—firsthand or secondhand data gained from lab work experiments—has an influence on…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.013102
University Modeling Instruction 
  
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E. Brewe, V. Sawtelle, D. McPadden, and R. Goertzen - Online Resource
This website holds the Modeling Instruction curriculum developed by the Florida International University Physics Education Research Group. The website provides the materials required…
https://www.physport.org/methods/University_Modeling_Instruction
Examining student understanding of matrix algebra and eigentheory 
  
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P. Her and M. Loverude, PERC 2020 Proceedings, 210-215.
Matrix algebra and eigentheory are important to students’ learning of physics in upper division physics courses. In this study, we investigated how students apply matrix algebra and…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15485&DocID=5333
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Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like? 
  
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A. Robertson, L. Bauman, Y. Abraham, B. Hansen, H. Tran, and L. Goodhew, Am. J. Phys., 90 (7), 529-537 (2022).
Resources-oriented instruction in physics treats student thinking as sensible and then seeks to connect what students are saying and doing to physics content and practices. This…
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009796
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Impetus-Like Reasoning as Continuous with Newtonian Physics 
  
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A. Robertson, L. Goodhew, R. Scherr, and P. Heron, Phys. Teach., 59 (3), 185-188 (2021).
Among the student ideas about forces discussed in the literature, perhaps the most commonly reported is the notion of an impetus force, or the “belief that there is a force inside a…
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Connecting Meaning and Mathematics 
  
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This page contains step-by-step tutorials and guided inquiry activities that are designed to help students discover physical properties and concepts by developing understanding from…
http://web.archive.org/web/20170828121426/http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dawnm...
Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials 
  
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B. Ambrose and M. Wittmann - Online Resource
This web site provides small-group learning materials for teaching intermediate mechanics. The physics is Newtonian with very little Lagrangian formalism. Materials are a mix of…
https://faculty.gvsu.edu/ambroseb/research/IMT.html
Probing Student Reasoning and Intuitions in Intermediate Mechanics: An Example with Linear Oscillations 
  
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B. Ambrose, PERC 2006 Proceedings, 30-33.
The study of linear oscillations—including simple harmonic, damped, and driven oscillations—is not only fundamental in classical mechanics but lies at the heart of numerous…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5248&DocID=2111
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