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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
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
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Upper-division students' difficulties with Ampère's law 
  
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C. Wallace and S. Chasteen, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020115 (2010).
This study presents and interprets some conceptual difficulties junior-level physics students experience with Ampère's law. We present both quantitative data, based on students’…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10749&DocID=2208
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Identifying students’ mental models of sound propagation: The role of conceptual blending in understanding conceptual change 
  
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Z. Hrepic, D. Zollman, and N. Rebello, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020114 (2010).
We investigated introductory physics students’ mental models of sound propagation. We used a phenomenographic method to analyze the data in the study. In addition to the…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10750&DocID=2207
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Probing students' understanding of some conceptual themes in general relativity 
  
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A. Bandyopadhyay and A. Kumar, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020104 (2010).
This work is an attempt to see how physics undergraduates view the basic ideas of general relativity when they are exposed to the topic in a standard introductory course. Since the…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10758&DocID=2199
Improving Students' Understanding of Electricity and Magnetism 
  
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J. Li - Thesis
Electricity and magnetism are important topics in physics. Research shows that students have many common difficulties in understanding concepts related to electricity and magnetism.…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11789&DocID=2647
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…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11585&DocID=2500
Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education 
  
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D. Muller - Thesis
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...
Intuitive ontologies for energy in physics 
  
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R. Scherr, H. Close, and S. McKagan, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 343-346.
The nature of energy is not typically an explicit topic of physics instruction. Nonetheless, participants in physics courses that involve energy are frequently saying what kind of…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11697&DocID=2574
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