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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Analytic framework for students’ use of mathematics in upper-division physics 
  
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B. Wilcox, M. Caballero, D. Rehn, and S. Pollock, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 9 (2), 020119 (2013).
Many students in upper-division physics courses struggle with the mathematically sophisticated tools and techniques that are required for advanced physics content. We have developed…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020119
Arrows as anchors: Conceptual blending and student use of electric field vector arrows 
  
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E. Gire and E. Price, PERC 2012 Proceedings, 150-153.
We use the theory of conceptual blending with material anchors to describe how people make meaning of the vector arrows representation of electric fields. We describe this…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12795&DocID=3330
Quantitative reasoning skills in math methods 
  
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M. Loverude, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 203-206.
Many upper-division physics courses have as goals that students should ‘think like a physicist.’ While this is often not defined, most would agree that thinking like a physicist…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13871&DocID=4289
Upper-Division Students' Use of Separation of Variables 
  
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S. Pollock and B. Wilcox, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 259-262.
Separation of variables can be a powerful technique for solving many of the partial differential equations that arise in physics contexts. Upper-division physics students encounter…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13886&DocID=4304
Student Difficulities with Boundary Conditions in Electrodynamics 
  
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Q. Ryan, S. Pollock, and B. Wilcox, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 283-286.
Boundary conditions (BCs) are considered as an important topic that advanced physics under- graduates are expected to understand and apply. We report findings from an investigation…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13891&DocID=4309
Revealing Differences Between Curricula Using the Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics Diagnostic 
  
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J. Zwolak and C. Manogue, PERC 2014 Proceedings, 295 - 298.
The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic is an exam developed as part of the curriculum reform at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). It was designed to…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13509&DocID=4104
Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1 
  
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C. Manogue; Publisher: Paradigms in Physics Program - Online Resource
This small group activity is designed to help upper-division undergraduate students learn how to calculate the electrostatic potential field due to a distribution of discrete…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vf...
American Journal of Physics
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions 
  
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J. Li, A. Maries, and C. Singh, Am. J. Phys., 91 (8), 613–616 (2023).
We describe student difficulties in applying the superposition principle in combination with Gauss's law. We addressed these difficulties by developing a tutorial that uses guided…
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0127127
European Journal of Physics
Investigating and improving student understanding of symmetry and Gauss's law 
  
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J. Li and C. Singh, Eur. J. Phys., 39 (1), 015702 (2017).
We discuss an investigation of student difficulties with symmetry and Gauss’s law and how the research on students’ difficulties was used as a guide to develop a tutorial related to…
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aa8d55
European Journal of Physics
Investigating and improving introductory physics students' understanding of the electric field and superposition principle 
  
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J. Li and C. Singh, Eur. J. Phys., 38 (5), 055702 (2017).
We discuss an investigation of the difficulties that students in a university introductory physics course have with the electric field and superposition principle and how that…
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aa7618
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