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Investigating Student Understanding for a Statistical Analysis of Two Thermally Interacting Solids 
  
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M. Loverude, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 213-216.
As part of an ongoing research and curriculum development project for upper-division courses in thermal physics, we have developed a sequence of tutorials in which students apply…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10453&DocID=1912
Addressing Student Difficulties with Statistical Mechanics: The Boltzmann Factor 
  
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T. Smith, J. Thompson, and D. Mountcastle, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 305-308.
As part of research into student understanding of topics related to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics at the upper division, we have identified student difficulties in…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10485&DocID=1941
Understanding How Students Use Physical Ideas in Introductory Biology Courses 
  
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J. Watkins, K. Hall, E. Redish, and T. Cooke, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 333-336.
The University of Maryland (UMD) Biology Education and Physics Education Research Groups are investigating students’ views on the role of physics in introductory biology courses.…
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Representations of partial derivatives in thermodynamics 
  
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J. Thompson, C. Manogue, D. Roundy, and D. Mountcastle, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 85-88.
One of the mathematical objects that students become familiar with in thermodynamics, often for the first time, is the partial derivative of a multivariable function. The symbolic…
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Comparing Student Conceptual Understanding of Thermodynamics in Physics and Engineering 
  
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J. Clark, J. Thompson, and D. Mountcastle, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 102-105.
Thermodynamics is a core part of curricula in physics and many engineering fields. Despite the apparent similarity in coverage, individual courses in each discipline have distinct…
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From Fear To Fun In Thermodynamics 
  
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D. Roundy, A. Gupta, J. Wagner, T. Dray, M. Kustusch, and C. Manogue, PERC 2013 Proceedings, 42-45.
The complexity of thermodynamics challenges many students as well as faculty. Understanding what a partial derivative represents may be key to reducing the anxiety associated with…
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"Like Dissolves Like": Unpacking Student Reasoning About Thermodynamic Heuristics 
  
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B. Geller, B. Dreyfus, J. Gouvea, V. Sawtelle, C. Turpen, and E. Redish, PERC 2013 Proceedings, 157-160.
In our Introductory Physics for Life Scientists (IPLS) course at the University of Maryland, we are building interdisciplinary bridges that help students better understand…
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The Partial Derivative Machine 
  
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G. Sherer, M. Kustusch, C. Manogue, and D. Roundy, PERC 2013 Proceedings, 341-344.
Research has shown that students struggle to understand the use of partial derivatives in thermodynamics. We have designed an apparatus, which we have called a Partial Derivative…
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An expert path through a thermo maze 
  
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M. Kustusch, D. Roundy, T. Dray, and C. Manogue, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 234-237.
Several studies in recent years have demonstrated that upper-division students struggle with partial derivatives and the complicated chain rules ubiquitous in thermodynamics. We…
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Doing Positive Work: on student understanding of thermodynamics 
  
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This thesis addresses several aspects of the teaching and learning of thermodynamics in the context of first year university Physics. Thermodynamics is a topic that attracts far less…
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