Physics Education

Presentations

• Using Computer Simulations to Foster Concept Generalization

  ORAL

  May 2, 2009, 8:45 AM – May 2, 2009, 8:57 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, 8:57 AM – May 2, 2009, 9:09 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, 9:09 AM – May 2, 2009, 9:21 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, 9:21 AM – May 2, 2009, 9:33 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, 9:33 AM – May 2, 2009, 9:45 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, 9:45 AM – May 2, 2009, 9:57 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, 9:57 AM – May 2, 2009, 10:09 AM

  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, 10:09 AM – May 2, 2009, 10:21 AM

  Authors

  • Claire Knodell

    • Yale University Physics Department

  • Bonnie Fleming

    • Yale University Physics Department
    • Professor-Yale University

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