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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
Conceptual Development and Context: How Do They Relate? 
  
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V. Otero, PERC 2002 Proceedings.
This paper combines results from a larger research study that focuses on both cognitive and social aspects of learning. The theoretical perspective used is distributed cognition, in…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11218&DocID=2266
Positive Impacts of Modeling Instruction on Self-Efficacy 
  
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V. Sawtelle, E. Brewe, and L. Kramer, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 289-292.
Analysis of the impact of Modeling Instruction (MI) on the sources of self-efficacy for students in Introductory Physics 1 will be presented. We measured self-efficacy through a…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10573&DocID=2064
Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations 
  
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A. Elby; Editors: C. Henderson and K. Harper; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers, Rev. PER, 2 (2) (2010).
In this chapter, I introduce the notion of student epistemologies and expectations, their views about what counts as knowledge and learning in a given physics class and in physics…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071
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The Twin Twin Paradox: Exploring Student Approaches to Understanding Relativistic Concepts 
  
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S. Cormier and R. Steinberg, Phys. Teach., 48 (9), 598-601 (2010).
A great deal has long been known about student difficulties connecting real-world experiences with what they are learning in their physics classes, making learning basic ideas of…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3517026
Interpretive Themes in Quantum Physics: Curriculum Development and Outcomes 
  
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C. Baily and N. Finkelstein, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 107-110.
A common learning goal for modern physics instructors is for students to recognize a difference between the experimental uncertainty of classical physics and the fundamental…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11423&DocID=2405
An Overview of Physics Education Research on Problem Solving 
  
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D. Maloney; Editors: C. Henderson and K. Harper; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers, Rev. PER, 2 (2) (2011).
An overview of the research on solving tasks commonly used as “problems” in introductory physics courses is presented as an introduction to this domain of physics education research.…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11457&DocID=2427
Sex differences in physics learning and evaluations in an introductory course 
  
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J. Blue - Thesis
The purpose of this study is to see if there are differences in the achievement and opinions of men and women in an introductory physics course. There has been much work done on…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12324&DocID=3510
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Investigating graphical representations of slope and derivative without a physics context 
  
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W. Christensen and J. Thompson, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (2), 023101 (2012).
By analysis of student use of mathematics in responses to conceptual physics questions, as well as analogous math questions stripped of physical meaning, we have previously found…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12353&DocID=3079
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What do Seniors Remember from Freshman Physics? 
  
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A. Pawl, A. Barrantes, D. Pritchard, and R. Mitchell, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (2), 020118 (2012).
We have given a group of 56 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seniors who took mechanics as freshmen a written test similar to the final exam they took in their freshman…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020118
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