http://prst-per.aps.org/ Accepted Papers for Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research en-us Copyright (c) 2009 The American Physical Society 2009-11-21T19:05:07-05:00 assocpub@aps.org rss@aps.org hourly 4 2009-11-21T19:05:07-05:00 rss@aps.org http://prst-per.aps.org/accepted/Y/fc07dL5bT081d100e0141b30b8588db0ab610fd5d Just as expert physicists vary in their personal stances on interpretation in quantum mechanics, instructors vary in deciding on whether and how to teach interpretations of quantum phenomena in introductory modern physics courses. In this paper, we document variations in instructional approaches wit... Charles Baily and Noah D. Finkelstein 2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited article Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research http://prst-per.aps.org/accepted/Y/f3075Ld1Ud313603e02f0aa40111e3f419a2628a4 During the Fall of 2008 we designed and administered a web survey to collect information about pedagogical knowledge and practices of physics faculty. The survey was completed by a representative sample of 722 physics faculty across the United States (a 50.3% response rate). This paper presents resu... Charles Henderson and Melissa H. Dancy 2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited article Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research http://prst-per.aps.org/accepted/Y/47075L1dTfb14105a0d91e537076395f3c293478d computation, blending ancillary information with the math, and reading out physical implications from the math and vice versa. From videotaped observations of intermediate level students solving problems in groups, we note that students often get stuck using a limited group of skills or reasoning an... Thomas J. Bing and Edward F. Redish 2009-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited article Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research http://prst-per.aps.org/accepted/Y/4a070L87T7a1940b50571fc14275efef2311ebf98 We have investigated the long-term effect of student-centered instruction at the freshman level on juniors' performance on a conceptual survey of Electricity and Magnetism (E&M). We measured student performance on a research-based conceptual instrument -- the Brief Electricity & Magnetism Assessment... S. J. Pollock 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited article Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research http://prst-per.aps.org/accepted/Y/6c07bL14Q9b1ea0710b80b1991cc3cfb2e3aaadbb Successful implementation of tutorials includes establishing norms for learning in the tutorial classroom. The teaching assistants (TAs) who lead each tutorial section are important arbiters of these norms. TAs who value (buy into) tutorials are more likely to convey their respect for the material a... Renee Michelle Goertzen, Rachel E. Scherr and Andrew Elby 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited article Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research