From ck@WPI.EDU Tue Nov 6 13:51:40 2001 Return-Path: Received: from petra.admin.wpi.edu (petra.admin.WPI.EDU [130.215.33.38]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.12.2.Beta0/8.12.2.Beta0) with ESMTP id fA6Ipb1U013189 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:51:38 -0500 (EST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4417.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: More physics education resources Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:51:37 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: physics education Thread-Index: AcFmBwrtKUYi0/6ARVGiSuEgDhCN1AA7LDsg From: "Koleci, Carolann" To: "Goulet, John A." Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by smtp.WPI.EDU id fA6Ipb1U013189 Status: R Hi John, Here's a biblio on some more physics education resources. Please feel free to let me know if you have questions. Thank you, Carol 1. McDermott, L. C., M. L. Rosenquist, and E. H. van Zee, "Student difficulties in connecting graphs and physics: Examples from kinematics", Am. J. Phys. 55 (6), 503 (1987). 2. Trowbridge, D. E. and L. C. McDermott, "Investigation of student understanding of concept of velocity in one dimension", Am. J. Phys. 48 (12), 1020 (1980). 3. Trowbridge, D. E. and L. C. McDermott, "Investigation of student understanding of concept of acceleration in one dimension", Am. J. Phys. 49 (3), 242 (1981). 4. Arons, A., A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching (Wiley, 1990). 5. McDermott, L.C., P.S. Shaffer, and M. Somers, "Research as a guide for curriculum development: An illustration in the context of Atwood's machine", Am. J. Phys. 62 (1) 46-55 (1994). 6. Stocklmayer, S. M., and D.F. Treagust, "Images of electricity: How do novices and experts model electric current?", Int. J. Sci. Educ., 18:2, 163-178 (1996). 7. MacMillan, III, C., and M. Swadener, "Novice use of qualitative versus quantitative problem solving in electrostatics", J. Res. Sci. Teach., 28:8, 661-670 (1991). 8. Viennot, L., and S. Rainson, "Student reasoning about the superposition of electric fields", Int. J. Sci. Educ., 14:4, 475-487 (1992). 9. Halloun, A., and D. Hestenes, "The initial knowledge state of college physics students", Am. J. Phys. 55, 455-462 (1987). 10. Thornton, R.K., and D.R. Sokoloff, "Learning motion concepts using real-time microcomputer-based laboratory tools", Am. J. Phys. 58, 858-867 (1987). 11. McDermott, L.C., Millikan Lecture 1990: "What we teach and what is learned-- Closing the gap", Am. J. Phys. 53 (2), 301-315 (1991). 12. McDermott, L.C., Guest Comment: "How we teach and how students learn--A mismatch ?", Am. J. Phys. 60 (4), 295-298 (1993). 13. Inhelder, B., and J. Piaget, The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence (Basic Books, 1958). 14. Gentner, D., and A.L. Stevens, Eds. Mental Models (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1983). 15. Collins, A., and E.E. Smith, Readings in Cognitive Science (Morgan Kauffmann, 1988). 16. Resnick, L.B., "Mathematics and science learning: A new conception", Science 220, 447-478 (1983). 17. Carey, S., "Cognitive science and science education", Am. Psych. 41, 1123-1130 (1986). 18. Driver, R., "Students' conceptions of the learning of science", Int. J. of Sci. Ed. 11, 481-490 (1989). 19. McDermott, L. C., "Research on conceptual understanding in mechanics", Physics Today 37, 24-32 (July 1984). 20. Mestre, J., and J. Touger, "Cognitive research-what's in it for physics teachers?", The Physics Teacher 27, 447-456 (September 1989). 21. Fuller, R., "Solving physics problems-how do we do it?", Physics Today 35 (9), 43-47 (1982). 22. Gardner, H., The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution (Basic Books, NY, 1987). 23. Gardner, H., Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Basic Books, NY, 1985). 24. McDermott, L. C., et al., Physics by Inquiry (John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1996). 25. Laws, P., "Calculus-based physics without lectures", Physics Today 44 (12), 24-31 (1991). 26. Laws, P., Workshop Physics (Vernier Software, Portland OR, 1995). 27. Wilson, J., "The CUPLE Physics Studio", The Physics Teacher 32, 518-529 (1994). 28. Sokoloff, D.R., and R.K. Thornton, Tools for Scientific Thinking (Vernier Software, Portland OR, 1992 and 1993). 29. Mazur, E., Peer Instruction. A User's Manual (Prentice Hall, 1996). 30. Van Heuvelen, A., ALPS: Mechanics (Vol. 1), Electricity and Magnetism (Vol. 2) (Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Westland MI, 1994). 31. Heller,P., R. Keith, and S. Anderson, "Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 1: Group versus individual problem solving", Am. J. Phys. 60 (7), 627-636 (1992). 32. Heller, P., and M. Hollabaugh, "Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 2: Designing problems and structuring groups", Am. J. Phys. 60 (7), 637-644 (1992). 33. Ambrose, B.S., P.S. Shaffer, R.N. Steinberg, and L.C. McDermott, "An investigation of student understanding of single-slit diffraction and double-slit interference", Am. J. Phys. (1998). 34. Wosilait, K., P.R.L. Heron, P.S. Shaffer, and L.C. McDermott, "Research as a guide for the development and assessment of curriculum: An example from Light and Shadow", Am. J. Phys. (1998). 35. O'Brien Pride, T., S. Vokos, and L.C. McDermott, "The challenge of matching learning assessments to teaching goals: An example from the work-energy and impulse-momentum theorems", Am. J. Phys. 66 (2) 147 (1998). 36. Steinberg, R.N., G.E. Oberem, and L.C. McDermott, "Development of a computer- based tutorial on the photoelectric effect", Am. J. Phys. 64 (11) 1370 (1996). 37. Grayson, D.J. and L.C. McDermott, "Use of the computer for research on student thinking in physics", Am. J. Phys. 64 (5) 557 (1996). 38. McDermott, L.C. and P. S. Shaffer, "Research as a guide for curriculum development. An example from introductory electricity, Part I: Investigation of student understanding", Am. J. Phys. 60 (11), 994 (1992); Erratum to Part I, Am. J. Phys. 61 (1), 81 (1993). 39. Shaffer, P.S. and L.C. McDermott, "Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity, Part II: Design of instructional strategies", Am. J. Phys. 60 (11), 1003 (1992). 40. McDermott, L.C., "What we teach and what is learned: Closing the gap", Am. J. Phys. 59 (4), 301 (1991). 41. McDermott, L. C., "A perspective on teacher preparation in physics and other sciences: The need for special courses for teachers", Am. J. Phys. 58 (8), 734 (1990). 42. McDermott, L. C., "Research and computer based instruction: Opportunity for interaction", Am. J. Phys. 58 (5), 452 (1990). 43. McDermott, L. C., "A view from physics", Toward a Scientific Practice of Science Education, M. Gardner, J. Greeno, F. Reif, and A. Schoenfeld (Eds.), Hillsdale, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc. p. 3-30 (1989). 44. Lawson, R. A. and L. C. Mc Dermott, "Student understanding of the work-energy and impulse-momentum theorems", Am. J. Phys. 55 (9), 811 (1987). 45. Flam, F., "Sci-fi films a reality check in teaching physics", Times Union Newspaper (1998). 46. Rosenquist, M. L. and L. C. McDermott, "A conceptual approach to teaching kinematics", Am. J. Phys. 55 (5), 407 (1987). 47. Goldberg, F. M. and L. C. McDermott, "An investigation of student understanding of the real image formed by a converging lens or concave mirror", Am. J. Phys. 55 (2), 108 (1987). 48. Goldberg, F. M. and L.C. McDermott, "Student difficulties in understanding image formation by a plane mirror", The Phys. Teach. 24, 472 (1986). 49. McDermott, L.C., M. L. Rosenquist, and E. H. van Zee, "Instructional strategies to improve the performance of minority students in the sciences", New Directions for Teaching and Learning 16, 59 (1983). 50. McDermott, L. C. , "Teacher education and the implementation of elementary science curricula", Am. J. Phys. 44 (5), 434 (1976). 51. McDermott, L. C., "Improving high school physics teacher preparation", Phys. Teach. 13 (12), 523 (1975). 52. McDermott, L. C., "Practice teaching program in physics for future elementary school teachers", Am. J. Phys. 42, 737 (1974). 53. McDermott, L. C., "Combined physics course for future elementary and secondary school teachers", Am. J. Phys. 42, 668 (1974). 54. Smith, III, J. P., A. diSessa, and J. Roschelle, "Misconceptions Reconceived: A Constructivist Analysis of Knowledge in Transition", J. Learning Scientist 3(2), 115-163 (1993). 55. diSessa, A., "Unlearning Aristotelian Physics: A Study of Knowledge-Based Learning", Cognitive Science 6 37-75 (1982). 56. Bransford, J. D., L. Zech, D. Schwartz, B. Rarron, N. Vye, "Fostering Mathematical Thinking in Middle School Students: Lessons From Research", The Nature of Mathematical Thinking, R. J. Sternberg and T. Ben-Zeev (Eds.). 57. Meyers, D., Psychology, 1st ed. (Worth Publisher, Hope College, 1986). 58. Schools using the Class Talk system include: University of Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Physics Department, The Ohio State University, Duke University, Clemson University, United States Naval Academy, Carnegie-Mellon University, Kansas State University (Manhattan), The Hong Kong University of Science, and Technology, North Carolina State University, University of Chicago (Enrico Fermi Institute), Arizona State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), California State University at Fresno, The University of Texas at Austin, Christopher Newport University, Pitts Community College (North Carolina), Sandhills Community College (North Carolina), Northern Virginia Community College, The University of Texas at El Paso, and The University of Michigan. 59. Chi, M., P. Feltovich, R. Glaser, "Categorization and Representation of Physics Problems by Experts and Novices", Cognitive Science 5, 121 - 152 (1981). 60. Hestenes, D., M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer, "Force Concept Inventory", Phys. Teach. 30, 141 - 158 (1992). 61. Van Domelen, D., "Problem Solving Strategies: Mapping and Prescriptive Methods", The Ohio State University, Thesis (1998). 62. Richard Feynman's definition of physics from Superstrings: A Theory of Everything, edited by P.C.W. Davies and J. Brown. 63. Redish, E. F., M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, "Student Expectations in introductory physics", Am. J. Phys. 66, 212 - 224 (1998). 64. Hardiman, P., R. Dufresne, and J. Mestre, "The Relation between problem categorization and problem solving among experts and novices", Mem. Cognit., 17, 627 - 638 (1989). 65. Eylon, B., and F. Reif, "Effects of Knowledge Organization on Task Performance", Cognition and Instruction 1, 5 - 44 (1984). 66. Larkin, J. H., and F. Reif, "Understanding and teaching problem solving in physics", Eur. J. Sci. Educ. 1:2, 191 - 203 (1979). 67. Maxwell, S., H. Delaney, Designing Experiments and Analyzing Data (Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, California, 1989) 68. Hays, W., Statistics, Third Edition ( Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1981). 69. Reif, F., J. Larkin, and G. Brackett, "Teaching general learning and problem-solving skills", American Journal of Physics 44, 212-217 (1976). 70. Leonard, W.,R. Dufresne, and J. Mestre, "Using qualitative problem-solving strategies to highlight the role of conceptual knowledge in solving problems", American Journal of Physics 64, 1495 - 1503 (1996). *********************************************************************** **************************************************************** Carol Koleci, Adjunct Assistant Professor WPI Physics Department 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 CK@WPI.EDU 508-831-6018 ..."music...must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or in other words must never cease to be music"...--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *********************************************************************** **************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Goulet, John A. Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:34 AM To: Koleci, Carolann Subject: physics education hi Carole Would you have a few minutes when I could ask you some questions about your perceptions of up to date physics education at the secondary level? WPI has a teaching methods course for students hoping to go into high school teaching. There is a component in the course specific to the area they want to teach, one of which is physics. I am trying to update the syllabus and could use your comments. thanks! John