Eleanor Sayre
Assistant Professor
Address:	329 Cardwell Hall
Phone:	(785) 532-2124
E-mail:	esayre@phys.ksu.edu
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Sayre Lab Webpage
Schedule

Research Area

Physics Education Research

• Improving and extending theoretical bases for physics education research
• Investigating the interplay between physics and mathematics understanding
• Learning and forgetting in introductory physics classes
• Developmental trends for pre-service physicists
• Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods education research

Research Support

• National Science Foundation

Recent Selected Publications

• Sayre, E.C. (submitted) "Oral exams as a tool for teaching", The Physics Teacher  
• Sayre, E.C. and Irving, P.W. (accepted) "Unprompted student-driven metacognitive data from two distinctly different sources", 5th Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group 16: Metacognition  
• Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C. (accepted) "Epistemological Framing: Asynchronous Individuals in Group Problem Solving", Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group: Conceptual Change  
• Sayre, E.C., Dymek, S., Popham, N., Frame, C., and Franklin, S.V. (accepted) "A Web-Based System for Between-Student Testing in University Physics", The second Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group 18: Educational Effectiveness  
• Sayre, E.C., Franklin, S.V., Clark, J., and Sun, Y. (2012) "Learning, Retention, and Forgetting of Newton's Third Law throughout University Physics", Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research  8, 010116
•  Sayre, E.C. and Franklin, S.V. (2011) "Learning, Retention, and Forgetting in University Physics", American Educational Research Association 2011 Conference
• Heckler, A.F., Scaife,  T.M., and Sayre, E.C. (2010) "Response Times and Misconception-like Responses to Science Questions", Proceedings of the CogSci 2010, Cognitive Science Society  
• Clark, J., Sayre, E.C., and Franklin, S.V. (2010) "Fluctuations in Student Understanding of Newton's Third Law", Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2010, AIP Conference Proceedings
• Wang, T. and Sayre, E.C. (2010) "Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) of students' understanding of vector subtraction", Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2010, AIP Conference Proceedings
• Sayre, E.C. and Heckler, A.F. (2010) "What happens between pre- and post-tests: Multiple measurements of student understanding during an introductory physics course", American Journal of Physics 78, (7) 768-777.
• Sayre, E.C. and Heckler, A.F. (2009) "Peaks and decays of student knowledge in an introductory E&M course," Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 5, 013101