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Mathematical Tutorials in Introductory Physics
Richard N. Steinberg, Michael C. Wittmann, Edward F. Redish
Students in introductory calculus-based physics not only have difficulty understanding the fundamental physical concepts, they often have difficulty relating those concepts to the…
Making Sense of How Students Make Sense of Mechanical Waves
Michael C. Wittmann, Richard N. Steinberg, Edward F. Redish
We report on our study of student understanding of the physics of mechanical waves, specifically the propagation and superposition of simple wavepulses traveling on long, taut stri…
Model Analysis: Assessing the dynamics of student learning
Lei Bao, Edward F. Redish
In this paper we present a method of modeling and analysis that permits the extraction and quantitative display of detailed information about the effects of instruction on a class'…
Understanding and Affecting Student Reasoning About Sound Waves
Michael C. Wittmann, Richard N. Steinberg, Edward F. Redish
Student learning of sound waves can be helped through the creation of group-learning classroom materials whose development and design rely on explicit investigations into student u…
Investigating Student Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Spontaneous Models of Conductivity
Michael C. Wittmann, Richard N. Steinberg, Edward F. Redish
Students are taught several models of conductivity, both at the introductory and the advanced level. From early macroscopic models of current flow in circuits, through the discussi…