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Contributed Talks

Assessing Adaptations of Physics by Inquiry: Student beliefs

Leon Hsu, Karen Cummings, Jack Taylor

Contributed Talk, 2007 AAPT Summer Conference (Greensboro, NC)

(169 KB, .pdf format)

Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving

Jennifer L. Docktor, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, Tom Thaden-Koch, Jun Li, Jay Dornfeld

Contributed Talk, 2007 AAPT Summer Conference (Greensboro, NC)

(402 KB, .pdf format)

Adapting Physics by Inquiry: A Course for Non-science majors

Leon Hsu, Karen Cummings, Jack Taylor

Contributed Talk, 2006 AAPT Summer Conference (Syracuse, NY)

(108 KB, .pdf format)

Adaptations of the Physics by Inquiry Curriculum

Leon Hsu, Karen Cummings, Jack Taylor

Contributed Talk, 2006 APS March Meeting (Baltimore, MD)

(79 KB, .pdf format)

Luck vs. Control: A Process of Test Development for Introductory Physics

Paul Knutson, Pat Heller, Ken Heller, Vince H. Kuo, & Tom Thaden-Koch
Contributed Talk, 2004 AAPT Summer Conference (Sacramento, CA)
(239 KB, .pdf format)

Procedure for Setting Goals for an Introductory Physics Class

Pat Heller, Ken Heller, & Vince H. Kuo
Contributed Talk, 2004 AAPT Winter Conference (Miami Beach, Florida)
(185 KB, .pdf format)

Using Coordination Classes to Understand Students' Judgments of Motion

Thomas C. Thaden-Koch, Robert J. Dufresne, William J. Gerace, & Jose P. Mestre
Contributed Talk, 2004 AAPT Winter Conference (Miami Beach, Florida)
(1.8 MB, .pdf format)

Metacognition in Physics Problem Solving - Instructors' Views

Vince H. Kuo, Charles Henderson, Ken Heller, Pat Heller, & Edit Yerushalmi
Contributed Talk, 2004 AAPT Winter Conference (Miami Beach, Florida)
(451 KB, .pdf format)

Invited Talks

Flexible Software for Computer-Based Problem Solving Labs

Brita Nellermoe, Jennifer Docktor

(Bill Gilbert, Sean Albiston, Brian Andersson, Ken Heller, Natalie, Martimbeau, Ted Hodapp)

Invited Talk, 2007 AAPT Summer Meeting (Greensboro, NC)

(1.5 MB, .pdf format)

Teaching Introductory Physics through Problem Solving

Pat Heller and Ken Heller (in collaboration with University of Minnesota PERG)
October, 2004
Alabama High School Physics Teachers
(1.3 MB, .pdf format)

Teaching Introductory Physical Science through Problem Solving

Ken Heller (in collaboration with University of Minnesota PERG)
July, 2004
Invited Talk, Cottrell Scholars Meeting
(~ 1 MB, .pdf format)

Workshops

AAPT/APS/NSF New Faculty Workshop

Ken Heller
November, 2003
New Faculty Workshop (Madison, WI)
(900 KB, .pdf format)

Posters

Assessing Adaptations of Physics by Inquiry: Student beliefs

Leon Hsu, Karen Cummings, Jack Taylor

Contributed Poster, 2007 AAPT Summer Conference (Greensboro, NC)

(697 KB, .pdf format)

Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving

Jennifer L. Docktor, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, Tom Thaden-Koch, Jun Li, Jay Dornfeld

Contributed Talk, 2007 AAPT Summer Conference (Greensboro, NC)

( KB, .pdf format)

Papers

Grading student problem solutions: The challenge of sending a consistent message

Charles Henderson, Edit Yerushalmi, Vince H. Kuo, Patricia Heller, & Kenneth Heller
Am. J. Phys., Vol. 72, No. 2, February 2004, pp.164-169
(150 KB, .pdf format)

Multi-Layered Concept Maps for the Analysis of Complex Interview Data

Charles Henderson, Edit Yerushalmi, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, & Vince H. Kuo
Unpublished Manuscript -- Roundtable discussion presented at the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference (Madison, WI)
(87 KB, .pdf format)

A coordination class analysis of judgments about animated motion

Thomas C. Thaden-Koch, Robert J. Dufresne, William J. Gerace, Jose P. Mestre, & William J. Leonard
Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference (Madison, WI)
(233 KB, .pdf format)