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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…
Selection, Generalization, and Theories of Cause in Case-Oriented Physics Education Research
Amy D. Robertson, Sarah B. McKagan, Rachel E. Scherr
Case-oriented physics education research - which seeks to refine and develop theory by linking that theory to cases - incorporates distinct practices for selecting data for analysi…
Paradigms in Physics Education Research
Amy D. Robertson, Rachel E. Scherr, Sarah B. McKagan
In this paper, we describe two paradigms in physics education research (PER): recurrence-oriented and case-oriented PER. We connect theory on research methodologies in the social s…