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Learning about Student Learning in Intermediate Mechanics: Using Research to Improve Instruction 
  
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B. Ambrose, PERC 2009 Proceedings, 3-6.
Ongoing research in physics education has demonstrated that physics majors often do not develop a working knowledge of basic concepts in mechanics, even after standard instruction in…
http://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9891&DocID=1523
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Plasticity of intermediate mechanics students’ coordinate system choice 
  
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E. Sayre and M. Wittmann, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 4 (2), 020105 (2008).
We investigate the interplay between mathematics and physics resources in intermediate mechanics students. In the mechanics course, the selection and application of coordinate…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.4.020105
Student Understanding Of Sound Propagation: Research And Curriculum Development 
  
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K. Menchen and J. Thompson, PERC 2004 Proceedings, 81-84.
We describe recent results in an ongoing investigation of student understanding of sound, especially of sound propagation in solid media. We have recently administered written…
http://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9537&DocID=3442
Transfer of Learning in Quantum Mechanics 
  
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C. Singh, PERC 2004 Proceedings, 23-26.
We investigate the difficulties that undergraduate students in quantum mechanics courses have in transferring learning from previous courses or within the same course from one…
http://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9523&DocID=3465
Probing Students’ Understanding of Resonance 
  
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S. Murphy, D. McBride, J. Gross, and D. Zollman, PERC 2009 Proceedings, 213-216.
Resonant phenomena play a crucial role in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a widely used medical tool in today's society. The basic features of the resonance in MRI can be taught by…
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Connecting Meaning and Mathematics 
  
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D. Meredith - Online Resource
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...
Making Sense of How Students Come to an Understanding of Physics: An Example from Mechanical Waves 
  
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In this dissertation, I describe an investigation of student understanding of mechanical and sound waves, how we organize our findings, and how our results lead to the development of…
http://web.archive.org/web/20101107142344/http://perlnet.umaine.edu/rese...
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…
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/ambroseb/research/IMT.html
Intuitive Quantum Physics 
  
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M. Wittmann and J. Morgan - Online Resource
This web site provides small-group learning materials for teaching wave physics and modern physics to non-science-majors. To match student skills, observation, qualitative analysis,…
https://umaine.edu/per/projects/iqp/
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Comparing Students’ and Experts’ Understanding of the Content of a Lecture 
  
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Z. Hrepic, D. Zollman, and N. Rebello, J. Sci. Educ. Tech., 16 (3), 213-224 (2007).
In spite of advances in physics pedagogy, the lecture is by far the most widely used format of instruction. We investigated students’ understanding and perceptions of the content…
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-007-9048-4
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