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most citedPhysics Computational Literacy: An Exploratory Case Study Using Computational Essays

27 citations · 27 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ed-ph2020

Thematic Analysis of 18 Years of PERC Proceedings using Natural Language Processing

Tor Ole B. Odden, Alessandro Marin, Marcos D. Caballero

We have used an unsupervised machine learning method called Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to thematically analyze all papers published in the Physics Education Research Confere…

physics.ed-ph201927 cited

Physics Computational Literacy: An Exploratory Case Study Using Computational Essays

Tor Ole B. Odden, Elise Lockwood, Marcos D. Caballero

Computation is becoming an increasingly important part of physics education. However, there are currently few theories of learning that can be used to help explain and predict the…

physics.ed-ph2019

Computational Essays in the Physics Classroom

Tor Ole B. Odden, John Burk

Writing and argumentation are critical to both professional physics and physics education. However, the skill of making an extended argument in writing is often overlooked in physi…

physics.ed-ph2018

How computation can facilitate sensemaking about physics: A case study

Odd Petter Sand, Tor Ole B. Odden, Christine Lindstrøm +1

We present a case study featuring a first-year bio-science university student using computation to solve a radioactive decay problem and interpret the results. In a semi-structured…

physics.ed-ph2018

Recurring questions that sustain the sensemaking frame

Tor Ole B. Odden, Rosemary S. Russ

Many physics instructors aim to support student sensemaking in their classrooms. However, this can be challenging since instances of sensemaking tend to be short-lived, with studen…