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Development and Uses of Upper-division Conceptual Assessment
Bethany R. Wilcox, Marcos D. Caballero, Charles Baily +4
The use of validated conceptual assessments alongside more standard course exams has become standard practice for the introductory courses in many physics departments. These assess…
Investigating the Influence of Visualization on Student Understanding of Quantum Superposition
Antje Kohnle, Charles Baily, Scott Ruby
Visualizations in interactive computer simulations are a powerful tool to help students develop productive mental models, particularly in the case of quantum phenomena that have no…
Ontological Flexibility and the Learning of Quantum Mechanics
Charles Baily, Noah D. Finkelstein
One area of physics education research has focused on the nature of ontologies (mental categorizations of concepts, substances and processes), and how they might be used to gain in…
Teaching Quantum Interpretations: Revisiting the goals and practices of introductory quantum physics courses
Charles Baily, Noah D. Finkelstein
Most introductory quantum physics instructors would agree that transitioning students from classical to quantum thinking is an important learning goal, but may disagree on whether…
Validation of a Conceptual Assessment Tool in E&M II
Qing X. Ryan, Cecilia Astolfi, Charles Baily +1
As part of an ongoing project to investigate student learning in upper-division electrodynamics (E&M II), the PER research group at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed…
Student Reasoning About the Divergence of a Vector Field
Charles Baily, Cecilia Astolfi
Expanding our knowledge of student difficulties in advanced undergraduate electromagnetism is essential if we are to develop effective instructional interventions. Drawing on an an…