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Response switching and self-efficacy in Peer Instruction classrooms

Kelly Miller, Julie Schell, Andrew Ho, Brian Lukoff, and Eric Mazur

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010104 (2015) - Published 3 February, 2015

Students with low self-efficacy are more likely to switch their answers to Peer Instructions questions to an incorrect response.

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Adding and subtracting vectors: The problem with the arrow representation

Andrew F. Heckler and Thomas M. Scaife

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010101 (2015) - Published 20 January, 2015

Many student difficulties with simple vector problems come from the arrow representation of vectors

Effect of lecture instruction on student performance on qualitative questions

Paula R. L. Heron

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010102 (2015) - Published 22 January, 2015

A retrospective analysis of qualitative introductory physics questions from 15 years of results at the University of Washington.

Narrated animated solution videos in a mastery setting

Noah Schroeder, Gary Gladding, Brianne Gutmann, and Timothy Stelzer

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010103 (2015) - Published 2 February, 2015

An experimental study comparing mastery versus single-try learning procedures with narrated videos of worked problem solutions.

Response switching and self-efficacy in Peer Instruction classrooms

Kelly Miller, Julie Schell, Andrew Ho, Brian Lukoff, and Eric Mazur

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010104 (2015) - Published 3 February, 2015

Students with low self-efficacy are more likely to switch their answers to Peer Instructions questions to an incorrect response.

Benefits of completing homework for students with different aptitudes in an introductory electricity and magnetism course

F. J. Kontur, K. de La Harpe, and N. B. Terry

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010105 (2015) - Published 17 February, 2015

Completing homework only benefits high-aptitude students.

Using a dual safeguard web-based interactive teaching approach in an introductory physics class

Lie-Ming Li, Bin Li, and Ying Luo

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010106 (2015) - Published 2 March, 2015

An experimental test of the effectiveness of additional supports within a Just-in-Time Teaching environment.

Making sense of confusion: Relating performance, confidence, and self-efficacy to expressions of confusion in an introductory physics class

Jason E. Dowd, Ives Araujo, and Eric Mazur

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010107 (2015) - Published 3 March, 2015

Beginning to unpack the meaning and implications of student expressions of confusion.

Upper-division student difficulties with the Dirac delta function

Bethany R. Wilcox and Steven J. Pollock

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010108 (2015) - Published 9 March, 2015

Understanding how upper-division physics students struggle to manipulate and interpret Dirac delta functions.

Energy conservation in dissipative processes: Teacher expectations and strategies associated with imperceptible thermal energy

Abigail R. Daane, Sarah B. McKagan, Stamatis Vokos, and Rachel E. Scherr

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010109 (2015) - Published 12 March, 2015

How people make sense of energy conservation when changes are not perceptible.

Quantum mechanics concept assessment: Development and validation study

Homeyra R. Sadaghiani and Steven J. Pollock

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010110 (2015) - Published 13 March, 2015

Introducing the quantum mechanics concept assessment.

Productivity of “collisions generate heat” for reconciling an energy model with mechanistic reasoning: A case study

Rachel E. Scherr and Amy D. Robertson

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010111 (2015) - Published 18 March, 2015

The right instructional context can turn students’ incorrect physics ideas from obstacles to learning into productive starting points for developing correct ideas.

Dividing the Force Concept Inventory into two equivalent half-length tests

Jing Han, Lei Bao, Li Chen, Tianfang Cai, Yuan Pi, Shaona Zhou, Yan Tu, and Kathleen Koenig

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010112 (2015) - Published 4 May, 2015

Splitting the Force Concept Inventory into two statistically equivalent subsets that can be used in pre-post studies.

Patterns in Illinois educational school data

Cacey S. Stevens, Michael Marder, and Sidney R. Nagel

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010113 (2015) - Published 26 May, 2015

Applying physics-based data visualization techniques to analyze performance of students at public schools in Illinois.

Clinical study of student learning using mastery style versus immediate feedback online activities

Gary Gladding, Brianne Gutmann, Noah Schroeder, and Timothy Stelzer

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010114 (2015) - Published 1 June, 2015

A mastery learning approach can improve the efficacy of online homework.

How physics instruction impacts students’ beliefs about learning physics: A meta-analysis of 24 studies

Adrian Madsen, Sarah B. McKagan, and Eleanor C. Sayre

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010115 (2015) - Published 2 June, 2015

A meta-analysis of published data related to the impact of physics instruction on students’ beliefs about learning physics.

Developing a physics expert identity in a biophysics research group

Idaykis Rodriguez, Renee Michelle Goertzen, Eric Brewe, and Laird H. Kramer

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010116 (2015) - Published 2 June, 2015

The development of expert identities and research practice of biophysics graduate students.

Textbook presentations of weight: Conceptual difficulties and language ambiguities

Rex Taibu, David Rudge, and David Schuster

Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010117 (2015) - Published 16 June, 2015

Inconsistent use of terms causes confusion in introductory textbooks.

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