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20132026
most citedDo evidence-based active-engagement courses reduce the gender gap in introductory physics?

66 citations · 615 across the 38 of their papers we have counts for

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39 papers

physics.ed-ph2026

Exploring pedagogical content knowledge of physics teaching assistants using the Energy and Momentum Conceptual Survey

Liam Doyle, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

This study examines the extent to which physics graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are aware of introductory physics student thinking and the types of challenges introductory stude…

physics.ed-ph2025

Investigation of student and faculty problem solving: An example from quantum mechanics

Alexandru Maries, Ryan Sayer, Chandralekha Singh

We describe a study focusing on students' and faculty members' reasoning about problems of differing cognitive complexity related to the double-slit experiment (DSE) with single pa…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 11 cited

Using multiple representations to improve student understanding of quantum states

Emily Marshman, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

One hallmark of expertise in physics is the ability to translate between different representations of knowledge and use the representations that make the problem-solving process ea…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 66 cited

Do evidence-based active-engagement courses reduce the gender gap in introductory physics?

N. I. Karim, A. Maries, C. Singh

Prior research suggests that using evidence-based pedagogies can not only improve learning for all students, it can also reduce the gender gap. We describe the impact of physics ed…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 12 cited

Using the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism to investigate progression in student understanding from introductory to advanced levels

Alexandru Maries, Mary Jane Brundage, Chandralekha Singh

The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) is a multiple-choice survey that contains a variety of electricity and magnetism concepts from Coulomb's law to Faraday's…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 2 cited

Using the Energy and Momentum Conceptual Survey to investigate progression in student understanding from introductory to advanced levels

Mary Jane Brundage, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

The Energy and Momentum Conceptual Survey (EMCS) is a multiple-choice survey that contains conceptual problems involving a variety of energy and momentum concepts covered in a typi…