Research on Students Mental Models Learning & Transfer as a Guide to Application-Based Curriculum Development & Instruction in Physics

Funded by NSF's CAREER Grant  REC-0133621

Papers

• "How many students does it take before we see the light?",  Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, N. Sanjay Rebello, accepted for publication, The Physics Teacher. (PDF)
• "The teaching experiment -- what it is and what it isn't," Paula V. Engelhardt,  Edgar G. Corpuz, Darryl J. Ozimek, N. Sanjay Rebello, submitted for publication, Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, August 6-7, Madison, WI. (PDF)
• "A framework for student reasoning in an interview," Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon Itza-Ortiz, Alicia R. Allbaugh, N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean A. Zollman, Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, August 6-7, Madison, WI. (PDF)
• "Implications of a  framework for student reasoning in an interview," Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon Itza-Ortiz, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean A. Zollman, Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, August 6-7, Madison, WI. (PDF)
• "A framework for the dynamics of student reasoning in an interview," Salomon Itza-Ortiz, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean A. Zollman, submitted for presentation at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Annual Meeting, April 2004, Vancouver, BC. (PDF)
• "Dynamic Transfer -- A perspective from Physics Education Research," N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean Zollman with contributions from Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic and Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz, in "Transfer of Learning: Research and Perspectives," Editor Jose P. Mestre, submitted. (PDF)

Talks

• "Investigating students' understanding of light bulbs and complete circuits",  Kara E. Gray, Paula V. Engelhardt, and N. Sanjay Rebello, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers,  Summer Meeting, August 2-6, Madison, WI. (Abstract) (Talk)
• "Students view of how sound is produced by musical instruments," Paula V. Engelhardt and N. Sanjay Rebello, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers,  Summer Meeting, August 2-6, Madison, WI. (Abstract) (Talk)
• "Physics education research as a guide to application-based curriculum development and instruction in physics," Invited Talk, Fall Section Meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers, Western Pennsylvania Section, October 24, 2003, Latrobe, PA. (Abstract) (Talk)