Papers From PER@C
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PhET: computer technology
CLASS: attitudes and beliefs
Research and Models of Classroom Practice
Theories and Studies of Teaching and Learning
Studies of Instutional Structures in Physics and Education
PhET: Technology and Technology in the Classroom
"When learning about the real world is better done virtually: A study of substituting computer simulations for laboratory equipment" N.D. Finkelstein, W.K. Adams, C. Keller, P. Kohl, K.K. Perkins, N. Podolefsky, S. Reid, R. LeMaster, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 1, 010103 (2005). full piece"PhET: Interactive Simulations for Teaching and Learning Physics," Katherine Perkins, Wendy Adams, Michael Dubson, Noah Finkelstein, Sam Reid, Carl Wieman, Ron LeMaster, Submitted to The Physics Teacher, 2004.
"WebWatch: PhET," Katherine Perkins and Carl Wieman, Submitted to Physics Education, 2004
"Can Computer Simulations Replace Real Equipment in Undergraduate Laboratories?" N.D. Finkelstein, K. K. Perkins, W. Adams, P. Kohl, and N. Podolefsky, PERC proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece in PDF
"Towards characterizing the relationship between students' self-reported interest in and their surveyed beliefs about physics", K.K. Perkins, M.M. Gratny, W.K. Adams, N.D. Finkelstein and C.E. Wieman, PERC Proceedings 2005.
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"A new instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey," W. K. Adams, K. K. Perkins, N. Podolefsky, M. Dubson, N. D. Finkelstein and C. E. Wieman. Physical Review Special Topics: PER (submitted) full piece (pdf)"The Design and Validation of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey" W. K. Adams, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson, N.D. Finkelstein and C. E. Wieman. PERC proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece
"Correlating Student Attitudes With Student Learning Using The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey" K. K. Perkins, W. K. Adams, N.D. Finkelstein, S. J. Pollock, and C. E. Wieman. PERC proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece.
(student thesis) "Examining Teacher Expectations about Physics Homework" Heather Demarest, honors thesis, Department of Physics Spring 2004. abstract or full text
Research and Models of Classroom Practice:
Replicating and understanding successful innovations: Implementing tutorials in introductory physics. N. D. Finkelstein and S. J. Pollock, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 1, 010101 (2005). full piece
"Collaborating to Create Physics Lessons," Harlow, D. B. and Otero, V. K., Science and Children, Feb 2005, pp. 31-35
"The surprising impact of seat location on student performance" Perkins, K.K.and Wieman, C.E. In press, The Physics Teacher, 2004.
"Teaching and learning physics: A model for coordinating physics instruction, outreach, and research" Finkelstein, N.
(October 2004) in the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning-abstract or full piece in PDF"Increasing Student Engagement in Large Classes: A Departmental Case Study" Steve Pollock and Kathy Perkins
Forum on Education of the American Physical Society, Spring 2004. full piece"When the Classroom Isn’t in School: The Construction of Scientific Knowledge in an After-School Setting", N. Finkelstein with Margaret A. Gallego. in “Establishing Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities: Multiple Voices of Research on Teaching and Learning” Edited by Randy Yerrick and Wolff-Michael Roth, Lawrence Erlbaum 2004.
Reformed laboratories for algebra based physics. Revised labs and studies. Chris Keller and N. Finkelstein full piece
"Coordinating Physics and Education Instruction," N. Finkelstein in Journal of College Science Teaching, Sept 2003. abstract or full piece
(student paper) The Effects of Classroom Structure on Student Learning in Introductory Physics M Polityka. (2002) Physics Department, U.C. San Diego
"The effect of instructional technique on student representational skills." Pat Kohl and Noah Finkelstein. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Special Topics: PER. full piece
Theories and Studies of Teaching and Learning
"The Effect of Educational Environment on Representational Competence in Introductory Physics," P. Kohl and N. Finkelstein, submitted to the 2005 PERC Proceedings. full piece
"Exploring Student Understanding of Energy through the Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Survey," S. B. McKagan and C. E. Wieman, PERC Proceedings 2005 (submitted) full piece (in pdf)
"Learning physics in context: a study of student learning about electricity and magnetism" (to appear, 2005) in the International Journal of Science Education. abstract or full piece (in pdf) Finkelstein, N."Representational Format, Student Choice, and Problem Solving in Physics," P. Kohl. and N. Finkelstein, PERC Proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece
"Cognitive Processes and the Learning of Physics Part I: The evolution of knowledge from a Vygotskian perspective" Otero, V. Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", edited by M. Vicentini and E.F. Redish (IOS Press, Amsterdam), July, 2003, Varenna, Italy full piece
"Cognitive Processes and the Learning of Physics Part II: Mediated Action." Otero, V. Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", edited by M. Vicentini and E.F. Redish (IOS Press, Amsterdam), July, 2003, Varenna, Italy. full piece
"Context in the Context of Physics and Learning," Finkelstein, N. PERC Proceedings 2001, PERC Publishing, Rochester, NY July 2001, pp 1-4. (full piece in PDF)
Studies of institutional organizations and how these structures shape educational environments
"Seeding Change: The Challenges of Transfer and Transformation of Educational Practice and Research in Physics (Part I)" with N.D. Finkelstein, and E. Price. PERC Proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece
"Seeding Change: The Challenges of Transfer and Transformation of Educational Practice and Research in Physics (Part II)" with E. Price and N.D. Finkelstein.. PERC Proceedings 2004. abstract or full piece
"Bridging Critical Points:discontinuities in high school and university physics education" N.D. Finkelstein PERC proceedings 2003. abstract or full text.
"Who Cares About Postdocs Anyway? Evaluating the National Science Foundation's Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education," with Julie Libarkin. LCHC technical report 2002. abstract or full document