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How can we improve problem-solving in undergraduate biology? Applying lessons from 30 years of physics education research
Anne-Marie Hoskinson, Marcos D. Caballero, Jennifer K. Knight
If students are to successfully grapple with authentic, complex biological problems as scientists and citizens, they need practice solving such problems during their undergraduate…
Understanding Student Computational Thinking with Computational Modeling
John M. Aiken, Marcos D. Caballero, Scott S. Douglas +4
Recently, the National Research Council's framework for next generation science standards highlighted "computational thinking" as one of its "fundamental practices". 9th Grade stud…
Upper-division Student Understanding of Coulomb's Law: Difficulties with Continuous Charge Distributions
Bethany R. Wilcox, Marcos D. Caballero, Rachel E. Pepper +1
Utilizing the integral expression of Coulomb's Law to determine the electric potential from a continuous charge distribution is a canonical exercise in Electricity and Magnetism (E…
ACER: A Framework on the Use of Mathematics in Upper-division Physics
Marcos D. Caballero, Bethany R. Wilcox, Rachel E. Pepper +1
At the University of Colorado Boulder, as part of our broader efforts to transform middle- and upper-division physics courses, we research students' difficulties with particular co…
Integrating Numerical Computation into the Modeling Instruction Curriculum
Marcos D. Caballero, John B. Burk, John M. Aiken +4
We describe a way to introduce physics high school students with no background in programming to computational problem-solving experiences. Our approach builds on the great strides…