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Community agreements pedagogy in physics
Rachel E. Scherr, Jer Steeger, Paige Sechrest
The idea of engaging critically and creatively with physics theories is a stretch for many physicists and physics educators. Most physicists become enculturated into the belief tha…
Instructing nontraditional physics labs: Toward responsiveness to student epistemic framing
Meagan Sundstrom, Rebeckah K. Fussell, Anna McLean Phillips +5
Research on nontraditional laboratory (lab) activities in physics shows that students often expect to verify predetermined results, as takes place in traditional activities. This u…
A model of mentorship for students from historically underrepresented groups in STEM
M. K. Rodriguez Wimberly, Alexander L. Rudolph, Carol Hood +2
Mentorship is critical to student academic success and persistence, especially for students from historically underrepresented (HU) groups. In a program designed to support the aca…
Making Space to Sensemake: Epistemic Distancing in Small Group Physics Discussions
Luke D. Conlin, Rachel E. Scherr
Students in inquiry science classrooms face an essential tension between sharing new ideas and critically evaluating those ideas. Both sides of this tension pose affective risks th…
Energy conservation in dissipative processes: Teacher expectations and strategies associated with imperceptible thermal energy
Abigail R. Daane, Sarah B. McKagan, Stamatis Vokos +1
Research has demonstrated that many students and some teachers do not consistently apply the conservation of energy principle when analyzing mechanical scenarios. In observing elem…
Goals for teacher learning about energy degradation and usefulness
Abigail R. Daane, Stamatis Vokos, Rachel E. Scherr
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require teachers to understand aspects of energy degradation and the second law of thermodynamics, including energy's availability and…