most citedInvestigating Unprompted and Prompted Diagrams Generated by Physics MajorsDuring Problem Solving

9 citations · 18 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ed-ph2023

Representational differences in how students compare measurements

Gayle Geschwind, Michael Vignal, H. J. Lewandowski

Measurement uncertainty plays a critical role in the process of experimental physics. It is useful to be able to assess student proficiency around the topic to iteratively improve…

physics.ed-ph2023

Overview of couplet scoring in content-focused physics assessments

Michael Vignal, Gayle Geschwind, Marcos D. Caballero +1

Content-focused research-based assessment instruments typically use items (i.e., questions) as the unit of assessment for scoring, reporting, and validation. Couplet scoring employ…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 1 cited

Survey of physics reasoning on uncertainty concepts in experiments: an assessment of measurement uncertainty for introductory physics labs

Michael Vignal, Gayle Geschwind, Benjamin Pollard +3

Measurement uncertainty is a critical feature of experimental research in the physical sciences, and the concepts and practices surrounding measurement uncertainty are important co…

physics.ed-ph2021★ 9 cited

Investigating Unprompted and Prompted Diagrams Generated by Physics MajorsDuring Problem Solving

Michael Vignal, Bethany R. Wilcox

Diagrams are ubiquitous in physics, especially in physics education and physics problem solving. Problem solvers may generate diagrams to orient to a scenario, to organize informat…

physics.ed-ph2021★ 8 cited

Investigating graduate student reasoning on a conceptual entropy questionnaire

Nathan Crossette, Michael Vignal, Bethany R. Wilcox

Student learning in upper division thermal physics has not been studied to the same extent as in other courses like electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. Studies addressing reaso…