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most citedTowards understanding and characterizing expert covariational reasoning in physics

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physics.ed-ph2025

Assessing physics quantitative literacy development in algebra-based physics

Charlotte Zimmerman, Alexis Olsho, Trevor I. Smith +2

Quantitative reasoning is an essential learning objective of physics instruction. The Physics Inventory for Quantitative Literacy (PIQL) is an assessment tool that has been develop…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 1 cited

A framework for characterizing covariational reasoning in physics

Alexis Olsho, Charlotte Zimmerman, Suzanne White Brahmia

Covariational reasoning--considering how changes in one quantity affect another, related quantity--is a foundation of quantitative modeling in physics. Understanding quantitative m…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 1 cited

Empirical evidence of the inseparability of mathematics and physics in expert reasoning about novel graphing tasks

Charlotte Zimmerman, Alexis Olsho, Michael Loverude +1

Pre-college mathematics modeling instruction often frames mathematics as being separated from reasoning about the real world -- and commonly treats reasoning mathematically and rea…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 2 cited

Expert covariational reasoning resources in physics graphing tasks

Charlotte Zimmerman, Alexis Olsho, Michael Loverude +1

Developing and making sense of quantitative models is a core practice of physics. Covariational reasoning -- considering how the changes in one quantity affect changes in another,…

physics.ed-ph2021

Online test administration results in students selecting more responses to multiple-choice-multiple-response items

Alexis Olsho, Trevor Smith, Suzanne White Brahmia +3

Multiple-choice multiple-response (MCMR) items (i.e., multiple-choice questions for which more than one response may be selected) can be a valuable tool for assessment. Like tradit…

physics.ed-ph2020

The Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy: A tool for assessing mathematical reasoning in introductory physics

Suzanne White Brahmia, Alexis Olsho, Trevor I. Smith +3

One desired outcome of introductory physics instruction is that students will develop facility with reasoning quantitatively about physical phenomena. Little research has been done…