UNL Physics and Astronomy
June, 1999
Physics Education Research Conference, 1998
Proceedings Table of Contents
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Chapter Title and Authors |
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i |
Introduction |
1 |
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Thomas Koch and Robert Fuller, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln |
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ii |
Conference Schedule |
3 |
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1 |
Research in Physics Education: The Early Years |
7 |
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Arnold Arons, Univ. of Washington |
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2 |
Aspects of Validity in Quantitative Research |
15 |
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Gregory Schraw, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln |
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3 |
The Basics of Qualitative Research |
27 |
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John Creswell, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln |
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4 |
Research and Development Projects We are Now Doing |
49 |
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5 |
Twelve to Twenty Contact Hours and Research Too |
51 |
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Beth Thacker, Grand Valley State Univ. |
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David Maloney, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Fort Wayne |
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Randy Harrington, Univ. of Maine |
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6 |
But How Do We Pay for All of This? |
71 |
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Dean Zollman, Kansas State Univ. |
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David Hestenes, Arizona State Univ. |
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Jack Hehn, National Science Foundation |
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7 |
The US National Science Policy Study |
87 |
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Sharon Hays, AAAS Congressional Policy Fellow |
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8 |
Graduate Students Present and Discuss Their Current Thesis Research |
101 |
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9 |
Frontiers in Research in Physics Education |
113 |
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Jose Mestre, Univ. of Massachusetts |
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Ron Thornton, Tufts Univ. |
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Bruce Sherwood, Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
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Alan Van Heuvelen, Ohio State Univ. |
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10 |
Forming a Consortium on Physics Problem Solving |
137 |
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David Hestenes, Arizona State Univ. |
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11 |
Lone Rangers Get Lonely: Getting Your RPE Team Larger than One Professor |
145 |
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Introductory Comments by Robert Fuller |
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Jose Mestre, , Univ. of Massachusetts |
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John Risley and Bob Beichner, North Carolina State Univ. |
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Ron Heller and Pat Heller, Univ. of Minnesota |
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Bruce Sherwood and Ruth Chabay, Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
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Appendices |
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A |
Early History of Research in Physics Education Programs |
155 |
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B |
Pre-1986 Physics Education Research Ph.D.s |
157 |
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C |
Arons and Karplus letter to the editor of 1976 |
159 |
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D |
Summary of Research in Physics Education programs in 1998 |
161 |
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Arizona State University (Physics) |
165 |
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Boise State University (no Ph.D.) |
166 |
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Carnegie Mellon University (CIL) |
167 |
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Grand Valley State University (no Ph.D.) |
170 |
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Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (no Ph.D.) |
171 |
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Iowa State University (Physics) |
172 |
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Kansas State University (Physics and Education) |
174 |
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Montana State University (Physics and Education) |
177 |
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North Carolina State University (Physics) |
179 |
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Ohio State University (Physics) |
183 |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Physics) |
185 |
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San Diego State University/University of California at San Diego (CRMSE) |
188 |
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University of California Berkeley (SESAME) |
189 |
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University of Maine (Physics and Education) |
191 |
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University of Maryland (Physics and Education) |
193 |
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University of Massachusetts (Physics) |
197 |
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University of Minnesota (Education) |
200 |
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Physics) |
202 |
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University of Washington (Physics) |
205 |
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E |
PERC, 1998, Poster Abstracts |
209 |
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F |
Physics Education Research Ph. D.s — alphabetical order |
225 |
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G |
PERC, 1998, participants — alphabetical order |
229 |
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UNL Physics and Astronomy
June, 1999