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From Fear to Self-Expression: The Contextual Nature of Physics Student Motivations
Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
This study utilizes a sociocultural interpretation of Self-Determination Theory to better understand the role that learning contexts play in generating student motivation, engageme…
Teaching to Learn: iPads as Tools for Transforming Physics Student Roles
Susan Nicholson-Dykstra, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
Students who serve as Learning Assistants (LAs) and have the opportunity to teach the content they are learning, while also studying effective teaching pedagogy, have demonstrated…
Educational trajectories of graduate students in physics education research
Ben Van Dusen, Ramon S. Barthelemy, Charles Henderson
Physics education research (PER) is a rapidly growing area of PhD specialization. In this article we examine the trajectories that led respondents into a PER graduate program as we…
Becoming Agents of Change through Participation in a Teacher-Driven Professional Research Community
Mike Ross, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero
This study involves a theory-based teacher professional development model that was created to address two problems. First, dominant modes of science teacher professional developmen…