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Students' epistemologies about experimental physics: Validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
Student learning in instructional physics labs represents a growing area of research that includes investigations of students' beliefs and expectations about the nature of experime…
Student difficulties with Boundary Conditions in electrodynamics
Qing X. Ryan, Steven J. Pollock, Bethany R. Wilcox
Boundary conditions (BCs) are considered as an important topic that advanced physics under- graduates are expected to understand and apply. We report findings from an investigation…
Upper-division student difficulties with Separation of Variables
Bethany R. Wilcox, Steven J. Pollock
Separation of variables can be a powerful technique for solving many of the partial differential equations that arise in physics contexts. Upper-division physics students encounter…
Validation and analysis of the coupled multiple response Colorado upper-division electrostatics (CUE) diagnostic
Bethany R. Wilcox, Steven J. Pollock
Standardized conceptual assessment represents a widely-used tool for educational researchers interested in student learning within the standard undergraduate physics curriculum. Fo…
Correlating students' beliefs about experimental physics with lab course success
Bethany R. Wilcox, H. J. Lewandowski
Student learning in instructional physics labs is a growing area of research that includes studies exploring students' beliefs and expectations about experimental physics. To direc…
Upper-division student difficulties with the Dirac delta function
Bethany R. Wilcox, Steven J. Pollock
The Dirac delta function is a standard mathematical tool that appears repeatedly in the undergraduate physics curriculum in multiple topical areas including electrostatics, and qua…