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Development and Evaluation of Clicker Methodology for Introductory Physics Courses 
  
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A. Lee - Thesis
Many educators understand that lectures are cost effective but not learning efficient, so continue to search for ways to increase active student participation in this traditionally…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10358&DocID=1838
Generating Explanations for an Emergent Process: The Movement of Sand Dunes 
  
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L. Barth-Cohen, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 77-80.
The movement of sand dunes in the desert is an emergent process; the overall movement of a dune is influenced both by the random interactions among individual sand particles and by…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10389&DocID=1861
Instructional explanations as an interface - The role of explanatory primitives 
  
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S. Kapon and A. diSessa, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 189-192.
What makes an instructional sequence in physics meaningful to students? Why do some explanations seem more plausible than others? Why is it that an explanation can appear plausible…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10446&DocID=1904
Our best juniors still struggle with Gauss’s Law: Characterizing their difficulties 
  
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R. Pepper, S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, and K. Perkins, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 245-248.
We discuss student conceptual difficulties with Gauss’s law observed in an upper-division Electricity and Magnetism (E&M) course. Difficulties at this level have been described in…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10464&DocID=1924
College Ready Physics Standards: A Look to the Future 
  
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P. Heller and G. Stewart - Report
This document contains a set of K-12 educational standards for physics. This work is an extension of Advanced Placement standards to a full K-12 progression of physics concepts.…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10310&DocID=1790
Student Understanding of Cross Product Direction and Use of Right-Hand Rules: An Exploration of Representation and Context-Dependence 
  
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M. Kustusch - Thesis
Students in introductory physics struggle with vector algebra and cross product direction (CPD). While research into student understanding of vector algebra notes…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11185&DocID=2274
Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education
A Thematic Review of Some Studies Investigating Students’ Alternative Conceptions About Energy 
  
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M. Kurna and A. Saglam-Arslan, Eurasian J. Phys. Chem. Educ., 3 (1), 51-74 (2011).
This article reviews and synthesizes 25 studies on students' alternative conceptions about energy. Many papers chosen are from the Eurasian literature and therefore this paper…
https://www.ijpce.org/index.php/IJPCE/article/view/189
Examining students' understanding of electrical circuits through multiple-choice testing and interviews 
  
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P. Engelhardt - Thesis
Research has shown that high school and university students have misconceptions about direct current resistive electric circuits. At present, there are no standard diagnostic…
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SEI: Junior E&M I Course Materials - Student Difficulties 
  
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S. Pollock, S. Chasteen, E. Kinney, and M. Dubson; Publisher: Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado - Online Resource
This is a collection of student difficulties identified in a junior-level Electricity and Magnetism course during four semesters of a curriculum transformation project. These…
https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/EM1
The Dynamics of Variability in Introductory Physics Students' Thinking: Examples from Kinematics 
  
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B. Frank - Thesis
Physics education research has long emphasized the need for physics instruction to address students’ existing intuitions about the physical world as an integral part of learning…
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/dissertations/Frank/
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