Z. Hazari, G. Potvin, R. Tai, and J. Almarode, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (1), 010107 (2010).
An individual’s motivational orientation serves as a drive to action and can influence their career success. This study examines how goal orientation toward the pursuit of a graduate…
P. Nieminen, A. Savinainen, and J. Viiri, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020109 (2010).
This study investigates students’ ability to interpret multiple representations consistently (i.e., representational consistency) in the context of the force concept. For this…
A. Warren, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020103 (2010).
Students often make mistakes in physics courses and are expected to identify, correct, and learn from their mistakes, usually with some assistance from an instructor, textbook, or…
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…