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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
Students’ Understanding of the Concepts of Vector Components and Vector Products 
  
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G. Zavala and P. Barniol, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 341-344.
In this article we investigate students’ understanding of: 1) vector components and, 2) vector products. We administered a test to 409 students completing introductory physics…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10499&DocID=1955
Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education 
  
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This thesis summarizes a series of investigations into how multimedia can be designed to promote the learning of physics. The ‘design experiment’ methodology was adopted for the…
https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/physics/pdfs/research/super/PhD(Muller...
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…
http://earsiv.kastamonu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/823...
Improving instruction in mechanics through identification and elicitation of pivotal cases in student reasoning 
  
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This dissertation reports efforts to develop instructional materials on linear momentum, angular momentum, and forces on rigid bodies in standard introductory physics course. Many…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12327&DocID=3076
International Journal of Science Education
Students' Understanding of the Special Theory of Relativity and Design for a Guided Visit to a Science Museum 
  
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J. Guisasola, J. Solbes, J. Barragues, M. Morentin Pascual, and A. Moreno, Int. J. Sci. Educ., 31 (15), 2085–2104 (2009).
The present paper describes the design of teaching materials that are used as learning tools in school visits to a science museum. An exhibition on 'A century of the Special Theory…
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690802353536
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Making classroom assessment more accountable to scientific reasoning: A case for attending to mechanistic thinking 
  
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R. Russ, J. Coffey, D. Hammer, and P. Hutchison, Sci. & Educ., 93 (5), 875-891 (2009).
When teachers or students assess the quality of ideas in science classes, they do so mostly based on textbook correctness ; ideas are good to the extent they align with or lead to…
https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20320
An investigation of student thinking regarding calorimetry, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics 
  
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W. Christensen - Thesis
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…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12337&DocID=3068
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