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2002 PERC Proceedings

Conference Information

Dates: August 7-8, 2002
Location: Boise, ID
Theme: Alternative Approaches to Assessment in Physics Teaching and Research in Physics Learning

Proceedings Information

Editors: Scott Franklin, Karen Cummings, and Jeffrey Marx
Published: August 7, 2002

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Preface
Invited Papers (5)
Peer-reviewed Papers (19)
Contributed Non-peer-reviewed Papers (3)
Corrected Papers (1)

INVITED MANUSCRIPTS (5)

First Author Index

Etkina · Kraus · Meltzer · Sandifer · Wittmann

Invited Papers

Time to Change
Eugenia Etkina
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.inv.001
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Designing Diagnostic Assessments
Pamela Kraus and Jim Minstrell
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.inv.002
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Issues Related to Data Analysis and Quantitative Methods in PER
David E. Meltzer
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.inv.003
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Using Qualitative Methods to Make and Support Claims in Physics Education Research
Cody Sandifer and Andy Johnson
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.inv.004
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Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests
Michael C. Wittmann
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.inv.005
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PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (19)

First Author Index

Cummings · Foster · French · Gray · Henderson · Hrepic · Itza-Ortiz · Kim · Kuo · Lee · Lindell · Loverude · McCullough · Oliver · Sabella · Scherr · Singh · Warnakulasooriya · Wittmann

Peer-reviewed Papers

Student Textbook Use in Introductory Physics
Karen Cummings, Timothy A. French, and Patrick Cooney
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.001
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Implications of Distributed Cognition for PER
Thomas M. Foster
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.002
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Effectiveness of Abridged Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
Timothy A. French and Karen Cummings
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.003
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The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions
Kara E. Gray, N. Sanjay Rebello, and Dean A. Zollman
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.004
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Students Learning Problem Solving in Introductory Physics - Forming an Initial Hypothesis of Instructors' Beliefs
Charles R. Henderson, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, H. Vincent Kuo, and Edit Yerushalmi
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.005
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Identifying Students' Models of Sound Propagation
Zdeslav Hrepic, Dean A. Zollman, and N. Sanjay Rebello
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.006
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A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law
Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz and N. Sanjay Rebello
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.007
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Secondary Students' Cognitive Process for the Line Graph from Graph Components
Tae-Sun Kim and Beom-Ki Kim
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.008
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Teaching Students Problem Solving in Introductory Physics: Forming an Initial Hypothesis of Instructors' Beliefs
H. Vincent Kuo, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, Charles R. Henderson, and Edit Yerushalmi
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.009
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Context Map: A Method to Represent the Interactions Between Students' Learning and Multiple Context Factors
Gyoungho Lee and Lei Bao
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.010
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Developing the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory
Rebecca S. Lindell and James P. Olsen
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.011
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Do Students Conceptualize Energy as a Material Substance?
Michael E. Loverude
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.012
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Gender, Math, and the FCI
Laura McCullough
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.013
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On the Study of Student Use of Meta-Resources in Learning Quantum Mechanics
Keith Oliver and Lei Bao
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.014
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Implementing Tutorials in Introductory Physics at an Inner-City University in Chicago
Mel S. Sabella
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.015
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The challenge of listening: The effect of researcher agenda on data collection and interpretation
Rachel E. Scherr and Michael C. Wittmann
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.016
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Effectiveness of Group Interaction on Conceptual Standardized Test Performance
Chandralekha Singh
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.017
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Towards a Model-based Diagnostic Instrument in Electricity and Magnetism: An Example
Rasil Warnakulasooriya and Lei Bao
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.018
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Student Epistemological Mode Constraining Researcher Access to Student Thinking: An Example from an Interview on Charge Flow
Michael C. Wittmann and Rachel E. Scherr
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.pr.019
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CONTRIBUTED NON-PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS (3)

First Author Index

Kim · Sadaghiani · Sandifer

Contributed Non-peer-reviewed Papers

Students' Cognitive Conflict Levels by Provided Quantitative Demonstration and Qualitative Demonstration
Jina Kim and Hyukjoon Choi
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.contributed.001
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Immediate, Informative Feedback Using a New Homework System
Homeyra R. Sadaghiani and Lei Bao
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.contributed.002
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Factors Influencing Middle School Students' Sense-Making Discussions during their Small-Group Investigations of Force/Motion
Cody Sandifer
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.contributed.003
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CORRECTED 2001 PAPERS (1)

First Author Index

Otero

Corrected 2001 Papers

Conceptual Development and Context: How Do They Relate?
Valerie K. Otero
2002 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, doi:10.1119/perc.2002.corrected.001
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