University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group

• The following dissertations done in the Maryland PERG are available for downloading:
  
  • Leslie J. Atkins, Analogies as categorization phenomena: Studies from scientific discourse
  • Lei Bao, Using the Context of Physics Problem Solving to Evaluate the Coherence of Student Knowledge
  • Thomas J. Bing, An Epistemic Framing Analysis of Upper-Level Physics Students' Use of Mathematics
  • Paul Gresser, A Study of Social Interaction and Teamwork an Reformed Physics Laboratories
  • Rebecca F. Lippman, Students' Understanding of Measurement and Uncertainty in the Physics Laboratory: Social construction, underlying concepts, and quantitative analysis
  • Rosemary S. Russ, A Framework for Recognizing Mechanistic Reasoning in Student Scientific Inquiry
  • Mel S. Sabella, Using the Context of Physics Problem Solving to Evaluate the Coherence of Student Knowledge
  • Jeffery M. Saul, Beyond problem solving: Evaluating introductory physics courses through the hidden curriculum
  • Jonathan Tuminaro, A cognitive framework for analyzing and describing introductory students' use and understanding of mathematics in physic
  • Michael C. Wittmann, Making sense of how students come to an understanding of physics: An example from mechanical waves
    
    
• Click HERE for all of the Maryland PERG dissertations on the TerpPER blog.
  
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• Papers and Talks Organized by Research Topic:
  
  
  • General PER: Papers and talks in this section give an overview, discuss the motivation and results of PER, and give annotated bibliographies for the research literature.
  • Testing and Evaluation Research: Papers and talks in this section
    consider issues in testing and evaluation.
  • Instructional Methods: Papers and talks in this section
    describe and evaluate instructional methods.
  • Expectation and Epistemology: Papers and talks in this section consider
    metacognitive issues in education including student expectations and epistemologies.
  • Cognitive Research: Papers and talks in this section consider
    fundamental cognitive issues relevant to education including student resources and knowledge organization.

  
  
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• Papers and Talks Organized by Physics Content
  
  
  • Mechanical Waves and Sound
  • Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics
  • Use of Math in Physics
  • Laboratories

  
  
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• Papers and Talks Organized by date
  
  
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1992
  • 1991
  • 1990
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• Papers and Talks Organized by Authors (To find papers by a particular individual who has been at Maryland but whose paper may not be on our site, find them on our "people" page and check their homepage. If they are no longer at Maryland, check our "alumni" page.)
  
  
  • Lei Bao
  • Tom Bing
  • Andy Elby
  • Renee Michelle Goertzen
  • Paul Gresser
  • Ayush Gupta
  • David Hammer
  • Apriel Hodari
  • Ray Hodges
  • Beth Hufnagel
  • Pratibha Jolly
  • John Layman
  • Rebecca Lippmann
  • Laura Lising
  • Tim McCaskey
  • Joe Redish
  • Seth Rosenberg
  • Mel Sabella
  • Jeffery Saul
  • Rachel Scherr
  • Gilli Shama
  • Richard Steinberg
  • Jonathan Tuminaro
  • Michael Wittmann

  
  
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