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2011
"The benefits of using clickers in small enrollment seminar-style biology courses."
Smith MK, Trujillo C, Su TT (2011a) CBE - Life Sci Educ.10, 14-17
"The benefits of using clickers in small enrollment seminar-style biology courses."
Smith MK, Trujillo C, Su TT (2011a) CBE - Life Sci Educ.10, 14-17
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER)."
Offerdahl EG, Balser T, Dirks C, Miller K, Momsen JL, Montplaisir L, Osgood M, Sirum K, Wenderoth MP, White B, Wood WB, Withers M, and Wright R. (2011). CBE Life Sci Educ 10: 11-13.
"Combining Peer Discussion with Instructor Explanation Increases Student Learning from In-Class Concept Questions."
M.K. Smith, W.B. Wood, K. Krauter, and J.K. Knight (2011). CBE Life Sci Educ 2011: 55–63.
"A Thoughtful Approach to Instruction: Course transformation for the rest of us."
Stephanie V. Chasteen, Katherine K. Perkins, Paul D. Beale, Steven J. Pollock & Carl E. Wieman, (in press). Journal of College Science Teaching.
2010
“Graphical Examples for Teaching Fundamental CS1 Concepts.”
Michael Main and Elliot Koffman. In: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Frontiers in Education (2010): 36-42. link
“What Did Qubits Ever Do for Me? An Answer for CS2 Students.”
Michael Main, Robert Frohardt and Yingdan Huang. In: Proceedings of the 15th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2010): 209-213. Link
"Student and faculty attitudes and beliefs about computer science."
Clayton Lewis, Michele H. Jackson, and William M. Waite. 2010. Commun. ACM 53, 5 (May 2010), 78-85.
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"Teaching more by lecturing less."
Knight JK and Wood WB (2005). Cell Biol. Educ. 4, 298-310.
"Different but equal? How non-majors and majors approach and learn genetics."
Knight JK and Smith MK (2010). CBE Life Sci. Educ. 9, 34-44.
"Biology Concept Assessment Tools: Design and Use."
Knight JK (2010). Microbiology Australia 31(1), 5-8.
"A Diagnostic Assessment for Introductory Molecular and Cell Biology."
Shi J, Martin JM, Guild NA, Vincens Q, Knight JK (2010).CBE Life Sci. Educ. 9, 453-461.
"'At the end of my course, students should be able to …': The benefits of creating and using effective learning goals."
Smith MK and Perkins KK (2010). Microbiology Australia 31(1), 35-37.
“Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation"
A. Mikaye, L. Kost, N.D. Finkelstein, S. Pollock, G. Cohen, T. Ito Science 330(6008) pp. 1234-1237 (Nov 26, 2010)
“The construction of different classroom norms during Peer Instruction:
Students perceive differences,”
C. Turpen and N.D. Finkelstein. Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 6, 020123 (2010).
"Refined characterization of student perspectives on quantum physics,"
C. Baily and N. Finkelstein Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research, 6, 020113 (2010).
"Gender disparities in second-semester college physics: The incremental effects of a smog of bias,"
L. Kost, S. Pollock and N. Finkelstein Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research, 6, 020112, (2010).
“A physics department’s role in preparing physics teachers: The Colorado Learning Assistant model,”
V Otero, S Pollock, and N Finkelstein. American Journal of Physics, 78 (11), pp. 1218-1224, (2010).
“Teaching and understanding of quantum interpretations in modern physics courses,”
C. Baily and N. Finkelstein. Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 6, 010101, (2010).
“Beyond Dissemination in College science teaching: An Introduction to Four Core Change Strategies.”
C. Henderson, N. Finkelstein, & A. Beach A. Journal of College Science Teaching. 39(5), 18-26, (2010).
“Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature”
Henderson, Beach and Finkelstein. J. Research Science Teaching, (2010).
"Basic mathematical skills and empowerment: Challenges and opportunities in Finnish adult education."
Hassi, M.-L., Hannula, A., & Saló i Nevado, L. (2010). Adults Learning Mathematics—An International Journal, 4(1), 44-61.
"Undergraduate research in the sciences: Engaging students in real science."
Laursen, S., Hunter, A.-B., Seymour, E., Thiry, H. & Melton, G. (2010). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
“Coupled collaborative in-class activities and individual follow-up homework promote interactive engagement and improve student learning outcomes in a college-level Environmental Geology course,”
L. Arthurs and A. Templeton, (2010). Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 57, p. 356-371.
"But Does It Last? Sustaining a Research-Based Curriculum in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism."
Stephanie V. Chasteen, Rachel E. Pepper, Steven J. Pollock, Katherine K. Perkins (2010). PERC Proceedings, AIP Press.
"The use of concept tests and peer instruction in upper-division physics."
Steven J. Pollock, Stephanie V. Chasteen, Michael Dubson, Katherine K. Perkins (2010). 2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press.
"Our best juniors still struggle with Gauss’s Law: Characterizing their difficulties." Rachel E. Pepper, Stephanie V. Chasteen, Steven J. Pollock & Katherine K. Perkins (2010). 2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press.
"Who Becomes a Physics Major? A Long-term Longitudinal Study Examining the Roles of Pre-college Beliefs about Physics and Learning Physics, Interest, and Academic Achievement."
K Perkins and M. Gratny (2010). 2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press. (Best Paper Award)
"Upper-division students' difficulties with Ampere's law."
C. Wallace and S. Chasteen (2010). Physical Review ST PER, 6, 020115.
2009
"Longitudinal study of student conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism."
S.J. Pollock, Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 5, 020110 (2009). pdf
"Innovations in Teaching Undergraduate Biology and Why we Need Them."
W.B. Wood, Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 25, 5.1
(2009); www.annurev.org, 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.24.110707.175306. pdf
"Transforming Upper-Division Quantum Mechanics: Learning Goals and Assessment"
Steve Goldhaber, Steven Pollock, Mike Dubson, Paul Beale and Katherine Perkins, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Measuring Students’ Beliefs about Physics in Saudi Arabia"
H. Alhadlaq1, F. Alshaya1, S. Alabdulkareem1, K. K. Perkins, W. K. Adams, and C.E. Wieman, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Student Perspectives on Using Clickers in Upper-division Physics Courses"
Katherine K. Perkins & Chandra Turpen, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Quantum Interpretations in Modern Physics Instruction"
Charles Baily and Noah D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Student Choices when Learning with Computer Simulations"
Noah S. Podolefsky, Wendy K. Adams, and Carl E. Wieman, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Computer simulations to classrooms: tools for change"
Noah S. Podolefsky, Katherine K. Perkins, & Wendy K. Adams, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Learning To Communicate About Science In Everyday Language Through Informal Science Education"
Laurel M. Mayhew and Noah D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Promoting Children’s Understanding And Interest In Science Through Informal Science Education"
Jessica E. Bartley, Laurel M. Mayhew, Noah D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials"
Chandra Turpen, Noah D. Finkelstein and Steven J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Analysis of Former Learning Assistants’ Views on Cooperative Learning"
Kara E. Gray and Valerie K. Otero, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Unpacking Gender Differences in Students’ Perceived Experiences in Introductory Physics"
Lauren E. Kost, Steven J. Pollock and Noah D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Tapping into Juniors’ Understanding of E&M: The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic"
Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"A Research-Based Approach to Assessing Student Learning Issues in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism"
Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Longer term impacts of transformed courses on student conceptual understanding of E&M"
Steven J. Pollock and Stephanie V. Chasteen, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009). pdf
"Understanding and Teaching Quantum Interpretations in Modern Physics Courses"
Charles Baily and Noah D. Finkelstein, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch, (Submitted, July 2009) pdf
"Effect of a Dynamic Learning Tutorial on Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics"
J. Barbera and C. E. Wieman, The Chemical Educator, 14, 45-48 (2009) pdf
"Development of Quantum Perspectives in Modern Physics"
Charles Baily and Noah D. Finkelstein, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch, 5 010106 (2009) pdf
"Characterizing the Gender Gap in Introductory Physics."
L.E. Kost, S.J. Pollock, & N.D. Finkelstein, Phys. Rev. ST PER, 5(1), 010101 (2009). pdf
"A research-based curriculum for teaching the photoelectric effect."
S. B. McKagan, W. Handley, K. K. Perkins and C. E. Wieman, American Journal of Physics 77 87 (2009). pdf
"Instructional Choices and Student Perceptions of Educational Reforms in College Physics: A Case Study of Peer Instruction" Chandra Turpen and Noah Finkelstein, (2009) pdf
"Why peer discussion improves student performance on in-class concept questions." Smith, MK, Wood, WB, Adams, WK, Wieman, C, Knight, JK, Guild, N, and Su, Science, 323(5910):122-4 (2009). link
2008
"The Genetics Concept Assessment: A New Concept Inventory for Gauging Student Understanding of Genetics"
MK Smith, WB Wood, and JK Knight, CBE- Life Sciences Education, 7: 422:430, 2008. pdf
"Students know what physicists believe, but they don’t agree: A study using the CLASS survey."
Kara E. Gray, Wendy K. Adams, Carl E. Wieman, and Katherine K. Perkins, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch, 4, 020106 (2008). pdf
"A Study of Educational Simulations Part I - Engagement and Learning."
W. K. Adams, S. Reid, R. LeMaster, S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson and C. E. Wieman, Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19(3), 397-419, July 2008. pdf
"A Study of Educational Simulations Part II - Interface Design."
W. K. Adams, S. Reid, R. LeMaster, S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson and C. E. Wieman, Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19(4), 551-577, October 2008. pdf
"The Persistence of the Gender Gap in Introductory Physics."
L.E. Kost, S.J. Pollock, & N.D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2008, 139-142, AIP Press (2008). pdf
"Comparing student learning with multiple research-based conceptual surveys: CSEM and BEMA."
Steven J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press (2008). pdf
"Attitudinal gains across multiple universities using the Physics and Everyday Thinking curriculum"
V. Otero and K. Gray, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch, 4, 020104 (2008) pdf
"Pre-service elementary teachers' conceptions of their students' prior knowledge."
V. Otero and M. Nathan, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 45 (4) (2008). pdf
"Transforming Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism"
Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press (2008). pdf
"Student Perspectives in Quantum Physics"
Charles Baily and Noah D. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press (2008). pdf
"Sustaining Educational Reforms in Introductory Physics"
Steven J. Pollock and Noah D. Finkelstein, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch, 4, 010110 (2008) pdf
"Effect of a Dynamic Learning Tutorial on Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics"
J. Barbera and C. E. Wieman, The Chemical Educator, (submitted, 2008)
"Patterns of multiple representation use by experts and novices during physics problem solving"
P. Kohl and N.D. Finkelstein, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch. 4, 010111 (2008). Link to PRST
"Preparing Graduate Students to be Educators"
E. Price and N.D. Finkelstein, American Journal of Physics, (in press, anticipated 2008).
"Why we should teach the Bohr model and how to teach it effectively."
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins and C. E. Wieman, PhysRev: ST Phys Ed. Rsrch. 4, 010103 (2008). pdf
"Developing and Researching PhET simulations for Teaching Quantum Mechanics."
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson, C. Malley, S. Reid, R. LeMaster, and C. E. Wieman, American Journal of Physics 76 p.406 (2008). pdf
"A deeper look at student learning of quantum mechanics: the case of tunneling."
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, and C. E. Wieman, Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 4, 020103 (2008) pdf
"Modifying and Validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Use in Chemistry"
J. Barbera, W.K. Adams, C.E. Wieman, and K.K. Perkins, J.Chem.Ed., 85, 1435 (2008) Link to J.Chem.Ed.