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Analyzing students collaboratively solving spherical unit vector problems in upper level E and M through a lens of shared resources
Ying Cao, Brant E. Hinrichs
We are interested in better understanding ways that students collaborate to solve conceptual physics problems in the context of spherical unit vectors in upper-level E&M, especiall…
Cultivating the Next Generation: Outcomes from a Learning Assistant Program in Engineering
Ying Cao, Christina Smith, Benjamin David Lutz +1
The LA Program at Oregon State University began in 2014 in one department as an effort to provide support for the implementation of active learning in large enrollment Biology cour…
The role of pedagogical tools in active learning: a case for sense-making
Milo Koretsky, Jessie Keeler, John Ivanovitch +1
Evidence from the research literature indicates that both audience response systems (ARS) and guided inquiry worksheets (GIW) can lead to greater student engagement, learning, and…
High School Students Group Interaction with the Electric Field Hockey Interactive Simulation
Ying Cao
This study investigates a group of high school students in a physics classroom interacting with a computer simulation that simulates the electrostatic interaction as a hockey game,…
Making Sense of Physics through Stories: High School Students Narratives about Electric Charges and Interactions
Ying Cao
Educational research has shown that narratives are useful tools that can help young students make sense of scientific phenomena. Based on previous research, I argue that narratives…
High School Students' Understandings and Representations of the Electric Field
Ying Cao, Bárbara M. Brizuela
This study investigates the representations and understandings of electric fields expressed by Chinese high school students 15 to 16 years old who have not received high school lev…