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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
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A Study of Educational Simulations Part I - Engagement and Learning
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W. Adams, S. Reid, R. LeMaster, S. McKagan, K. Perkins, M. Dubson, and C. Wieman, J. Interact. Learn. Res,
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(3), 397-419 (2008).
Interactive computer simulations with complex representations and sophisticated graphics are a relatively new addition to the classroom, and research in this area is limited. We have…
https://www.learntechlib.org/p/24230/
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Reinventing college physics for biologists: Explicating an epistemological curriculum
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E. Redish and D. Hammer, Am. J. Phys.,
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(7), 629-642 (2009).
The University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group has done a five-year project to rethink, observe, and reform introductory algebra-based (college) physics, which primarily…
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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…
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National Science Policy Study
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S. Hays; Editors: T. Thaden-Koch and R. Fuller, PERC 1998 Proceedings, 87-100.
In this PERC 1998 session, Sharon Hays discusses her work on formulating a policy with respect to science for the United States Congress.
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Exploring gender differences with different gain calculations in astronomy and biology
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S. Willoughby and A. Metz, Am. J. Phys.,
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To investigate differences in learning gains by gender, we collected data in large introductory astronomy and biology courses. Male astronomy students had significantly higher pre-…
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Disciplinary authenticity: Enriching the reforms of introductory physics courses for life-science students
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J. Watkins, J. Coffey, E. Redish, and T. Cooke, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res.,
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Educators and policy makers have advocated for reform of undergraduate biology education, calling for greater integration of mathematics and physics in the biology curriculum. While…
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Teaching physics to life science students - Examining the role of biological context
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C. Crouch and K. Heller, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 159-162.
We describe a research agenda to inform renovating the introductory physics course commonly taught to life science majors. The theoretical framework of the renovation is the…
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Student views of macroscopic and microscopic energy in physics and biology
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B. Dreyfus, E. Redish, and J. Watkins, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 179-182.
Energy concepts are fundamental across the sciences, yet these concepts can be fragmented along disciplinary boundaries, rather than integrated into a coherent whole. To teach…
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Representation issues: Using mathematics in upper-division physics
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J. Wagner, C. Manogue, and J. Thompson, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 89-92.
Upper-division students must learn to apply sophisticated mathematics from algebra, limits, calculus, multivariable and vector calculus, linear algebra, complex variables, and…
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