Physics Education

Presentations

• Using Computer Simulations to Foster Concept Generalization

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 10:45 AM – May 2, 2009, 10:57 AM

  Authors

  • Noah Podolefsky

    University of Colorado

  • Wendy Adams

    University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado

  • Kathy Perkins

    University of Colorado

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• Girls' Science Investigations (GSI) New Haven Curriculum and Educational Method

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 10:57 AM – May 2, 2009, 11:09 AM

  Authors

  • Sheena Hilton

    Student-Yale University

  • Bonnie Fleming

    Yale University Physics Department, Professor-Yale University

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• Unraveling Gender Bias from Student Evaluations of their High School Physics Teachers

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 11:09 AM – May 2, 2009, 11:21 AM

  Authors

  • Zahra Hazari

    Department of Engineering \& Science Education and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University

  • Geoff Potvin

    Department of Engineering \& Science Education and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University

  • Robert Tai

    Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

  • Philip Sadler

    Science Education Department, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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• Transversality of Electromagnetic Waves in the Calculus--Based Introductory Physics Course

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 11:21 AM – May 2, 2009, 11:33 AM

  Authors

  • Lior M. Burko

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

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• Orbits in a two Dimensional Non-axis-symmetric Galactic Potential

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 11:33 AM – May 2, 2009, 11:45 AM

  Authors

  • Nelson Zamorano

    Univerisdad Tecnologica Metropolitana, universidad de chile, Depto. de F\'isica, F.C.F.M. Universidad de Chile

  • Alfredo G\'omez

    Depto. de F\'isica, F.C.F.M. Universidad de Chile

  • Andres Meza

    Depto de F\'isica, Universidad Andres Bello

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• Principles and Dynamics of Quantum Mechanics

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 11:45 AM – May 2, 2009, 11:57 AM

  Authors

  • Spyros Efthimiades

    Fordham University

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• Slow and steady doesn't win the race: How time-to-doctoral-degree impacts the career of physical scientists

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 11:57 AM – May 2, 2009, 12:09 PM

  Authors

  • Geoff Potvin

    Department of Engineering \& Science Education and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University

  • Robert Tai

    Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

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• Girls' Science Investigations (GSI) New Haven: Evaluating the Impact

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 12:09 PM – May 2, 2009, 12:21 PM

  Authors

  • Claire Knodell

    Yale University Physics Department

  • Bonnie Fleming

    Yale University Physics Department, Professor-Yale University

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