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Understanding How Students Learn | Teacher's Guide

M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish and the University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group

Understanding how
students learn

Understanding Learning
Overview (what is PER)
Research on Intro Physics
Research on Modern Physics
Research on Learning Theories

Understanding Velocity

"On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer-based laboratories," E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Am. J. Phys. 65, 45-54 (1997).

Understanding Force and Motion

"On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer-based laboratories," E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Am. J. Phys. 65, 45-54 (1997).

Understanding Newton's Third Law

"On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer-based laboratories," E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Am. J. Phys. 65, 45-54 (1997).

Using Simulations to Teach Air Resistance

"Computers in teaching science: To simulate or not to simulate?" R.N. Steinberg, Phys. Ed. Res. Suppl. to Am. J. Phys. 68, S37-S41 (2000).

Understanding Wave Propagation and Superposition

"Making Sense of How Students Make Sense of Mechanical Waves," M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish. The Physics Teacher 37, 15-21 (1999).

Understanding Wave Propagation and Superposition

"Mathematical Tutorials In Introductory Physics," R.N. Steinberg, M.C. Wittmann, E.F. Redish, Sample class, in The Changing Role Of Physics Departments In Modern University, AIP Conference Proceedings 399 (AIP, 1997) 1075-1092.

Understanding Sound Waves

"Understanding and Addressing Student Reasoning about Sound," M.C. Wittmann, E.F. Redish, and R.N. Steinberg, International Journal of Science Education 25:8, 991-1013 (2003)

 

 

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We are grateful to the National Science Foundation (grants DUE 9652877 and DUE 9455561) and the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE grants 116B70186 and 116B000300) for partial funding support. Additional support has been provided by The University of Maryland, The University of Maine, and the City College of New York.