Focus Session: Physics Education Research

Presentations

• Physics, Math, and Making Sense: Understanding how brains learn science

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 5, 2007, 8:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Edward Redish

    University of Maryland

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• Reducing the gender gap in the physics classroom

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Mercedes Lorenzo

    IES Universidad Laboral

  • Catherine Crouch

    Swarthmore College

  • Eric Mazur

    Harvard University

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• Addressing Gender Disparity in Introductory Physics Courses: Are existing reforms enough?

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Noah Finkelstein

    University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado

  • Steven Pollock

    University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Michael Dubson

    University of Colorado at Boulder

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• Sustaining Educational Innovation: engaging traditional faculty in transformed practices

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Steven Pollock

    University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Noah Finkelstein

    University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado

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• Development and assessment of research-based tutorials on heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:12 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Paula Heron

    University of Washington

  • Matthew Cochran

    University of Washington

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• Research as a guide for developing curricula on wave behavior at boundaries

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:24 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Mila Kryjevskaia

    University of Washington

  • MacKenzie Stetzer

    University of Washington

  • Paula Heron

    University of Washington

  • Lillian McDermott

    University of Washington

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• Changes in Student Models of Force and Motion in Activity-Based Physics

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • C. Trecia Markes

    University of Nebraska-Kearney

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• Analysis of shifts in students' reasoning regarding electric field and potential concepts

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • David E. Meltzer

    University of Washington

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• The role of representation when solving physics problems

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Patrick Kohl

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Noah Finkelstein

    University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado

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• Andes: An intelligent homework helper

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:12 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Brett van de Sande

    University of Pittsburgh

  • Kurt Vanlehn

    University of Pittsburgh

  • Don Treacy

    US Naval Academy

  • Bob Shelby

    US Naval Academy

  • Mary Wintersgill

    US Naval Academy

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• Scientific Assistant Virtual Laboratory (SAVL)

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:24 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Gita Alaghband

    Univ. of Colorado at Denver \& Health Sciences Center

  • Hamid Fardi

    Univ. of Colorado at Denver \& Health Sciences Center

  • David Gnabasik

    Univ. of Colorado at Denver \& Health Sciences Center

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• Should we teach the Bohr model?

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • S. B. McKagan

    University of Colorado

  • K. K. Perkins

    University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado

  • C. E. Wieman

    University of Colorado

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• Student application of integration when considering P-V diagrams

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • John Thompson

    University of Maine

  • Brandon Bucy

    University of Maine

  • Evan Pollock

    University of Maine

  • Donald Mountcastle

    University of Maine

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