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Implicit scaffolding in interactive simulations: Design strategies to support multiple educational goals
Noah S. Podolefsky, Emily B. Moore, Katherine K. Perkins
We build on theoretical foundations of tool-mediated learning, tool design, and human computer interaction to develop a framework for implicit scaffolding in learning environments.…
A Deeper Look at Student Learning of Quantum Mechanics: the Case of Tunneling
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, C. E. Wieman
We report on a large-scale study of student learning of quantum tunneling in 4 traditional and 4 transformed modern physics courses. In the transformed courses, which were designed…
Developing and Researching PhET simulations for Teaching Quantum Mechanics
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson +4
Quantum mechanics is difficult to learn because it is counterintuitive, hard to visualize, mathematically challenging, and abstract. The Physics Education Technology (PhET) Project…
Why we should teach the Bohr model and how to teach it effectively
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, C. E. Wieman
Some education researchers have claimed that we should not teach the Bohr model of the atom because it inhibits students' ability to learn the true quantum nature of electrons in a…
Reforming a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors using a PER-based design
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, C. E. Wieman
We have reformed a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors by radically changing both the content and the learning techniques implemented in lecture and homework…