Research Catalog

Title

2004 Physics Education Research Conference : Sacramento, California 4-5 August, 2004 / editors, Jeffrey Marx, Paula Heron, Scott Franklin ; sponsoring organization, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

Author

Physics Education Research Conference (2004 : Sacramento, Calif.)

Publication

Melville, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, [2005], ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marx, Jeffrey, 1970-
• Heron, Paula.
• Franklin, Scott V.
• American Association of Physics Teachers.

Description

xvi, 214 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

AIP conference proceedings ; 790

Uniform Title

AIP conference proceedings ; no. 790.

Subject

Physics > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses

Note

• "ISSN 0094-243X."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Contents

Is transfer ubiquitous or rare? : new paradigms for studying transfer / J. Mestre -- How do you hit a moving target? : addressing the dynamics of students' thinking / D. E. Meltzer -- Twenty questions for PER : how does it all fit together? / E. F. Redish and M. C. Wittmann -- Seeding change : the challenges of transfer and transformation of educational practice and research in physics (part I) / N. Finkelstein and E. Price -- Seeding change : the challenges of transfer and transformation of educational practice and research in physics (part II) / E. Price and N. Finkelstein -- Transfer of learning in quantum mechanics / C. Singh -- A repeat performance? : challenges in developing robust conceptual understanding in quantum mechanics / B. S. Ambrose -- Student learning in upper-level thermal physics : comparisons and contrasts with students in introductory courses / D. E. Meltzer -- Tracing difficulties with relativistically invariant mass to difficulties with vector addition of momentum in Newtonian contexts / A. Boudreaux -- Transfer of learning through gender and ethnicity / A. M. Calder and E. L. Ashbaugh -- The design and validation of the Colorado learning attitudes about science survey / W. K. Adams, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson, N. D. Finkelstien and C. E. Wieman -- Development of an instrument for evaluating anxiety caused by cognitive conflict / Y. Kim and L. Bao -- Measuring conceptual change in college students' understanding of lunar phases / R. S. Lindell -- Probing students' epistemologies using split tasks / T. L. McCaskey and A. Elby -- Correlating student beliefs with student learning using the Colorado learning attitudes about science survey / K. K. Perkins, W. K. Adams, S. J. Pollock, N. D. Finkelstien and C. E. Wieman -- Student understanding of symmetry and Gauss's law / C. Singh -- Rate of change and electric potential / R. Allain and R. Beichner -- Diminishing forces - implications for contextual dependence of a misconception / A. R. Allbaugh -- Student understanding of gravitational potential energy and the motion of bodies in a gravitational field / M. E. Loverude -- Student understanding of sound propagation : research and curriculum development / K. V. P. Menchen and J. R. Thompson -- Contrasts in student understanding of simple E&M questions in two countries / G. J. Aubrecht II and C. Raduta -- Grounding inquiry-based teaching and learning methods in physics experiences for prospective elementary teachers / G. J. Aubrecht II -- Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories / D. Demaree, S. Stonebraker, W. Zhao and L. Bao -- Helping preservice teachers implement and assess research-based instruction in K-12 classrooms / D. L. Messina, L. S. DeWater and M. R. Stetzer -- Can computer simulations replace real equipment in undergraduate laboratories? / N. D. Finkelstien, K. K. Perkins, W. Adams, P. Kohl and N. Podolefsky -- Learning physics by listening to children / D. B. Harlow and V. K. Otero -- Teaching, learning and physics education research : views of mainstream physics professors / C. Henderson and M. H. Dancy -- Beyond the individual instructor : systemic constraints in the implementation of research-informed practices / M. H. Dancy and C. Henderson -- Using the system schema representational tool to promote student understanding of Newton's third law / B. E. Hinrichs -- Representational format, student choice, and problem solving in physics / P. B. Kohl and N. D. Finkelstien -- Attitudes of undergraduate general science students toward learning science and the nature of science / J. Marx, S. Mian and V. Pagonis -- Preliminary results of gender equity variations in a large active-learning introductory physics course due to laboratory activity instructions / M. L. McKinnon and W. H. Potter -- Development of scientific abilities in a large class / S. Murthy and E. Etkina -- No single cause : learning gains, student attitudes, and the impacts of multiple effective reforms / S. J. Pollock -- Teacher and curriculum factors that influence middle school students' sense-making discussions of force/motion / C. Sandifer -- The role of evaluative abilities in physics learning / A. R. Warren -- Concerning scientific discourse about heat / D. Brookes, G. Horton, A. Van Heuvelen and E. Etkina -- Introductory college physics students' explanations of friction and related phenomena at the microscopic level / E. G. Corpuz and N. S. Rebello -- Transfer between paired problems in an interview / K. E. Gray and N. S. Rebello -- Sample exams and transfer in introductory mechanics / C. Koleci -- Alternative conceptions, memory, and mental models in physics education / G. Lee, J. Shin, I. Park, S. Song, Y. Kim and L. Bao -- Student descriptions of refraction and optical fibers / F. Mateycik, D. J. Wagner, J. J. Rivera and S. Jennings -- Retention and transfer from trigonometry to physics / D. J. Ozimek, P. V. Engelhardt, A. G. Bennett and N. S. Rebello -- Free-body diagrams : necessary or sufficient? / D. Rosengrant, A. Van Heuvelen and E. Etkina -- Teachers' investigation of students' self-perceptions regarding physics learning and problem-solving / E. Yerushalmi, B. S. Eylon and R. Seggev -- Conceptual underpinnings of students' ability to understand reflections from a plane mirror / K. Cummings and E. Grillo -- A Web-based tool for the analysis of concept inventory data / J. P. Beuckman, S. V. Franklin and R. S. Lindell -- Feedback with Web-based homework and PADs / S. Bonham -- Computer problem-solving coaches / L. Hsu and K. Heller -- Using electronic interviews to explore student understanding / D. J. Wagner, J. J. Rivera, F. Mateycik and S. Jennings -- Time to completion reveals problem-solving transfer / R. Warnakulasooriya and D. E. Pritchard -- How we think about and prepare to teach physics / D. I. Dykstra, Jr.

ISBN

0735402817

OCLC

• ocm62097381
• SCSB-5215085

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Columbia University Libraries