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Reply to “Comment on “Benefits of completing homework for students with different aptitudes in an introductory electricity and magnetism course””

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
We reply to Rieger, Reinsberg, and Wieman’s forgoing Comment [Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., Comment on “Benefits of completing homework for students with different aptitudes in an introductory electricity and magnetism course” 12, 028001 (2016)].
F. J. Kontur   +2 more
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Learning physics in context: a study of student learning about electricity and magnetism

open access: yes, 2005
This paper re-centres the discussion of student learning in physics to focus on context. In order to do so, a theoretically-motivated understanding of context is developed.
Aarons A. A.   +46 more
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Comparing students’ understanding of electric and magnetic fields and forces with parallel multiple-choice questions

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research
Understanding the parallelism between electric and magnetic phenomena can be challenging for students in introductory physics courses. This study compares students’ understanding of electric and magnetic fields and forces using parallel multiple-choice ...
Eder Hernandez   +3 more
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Teaching Physical Science Through Technology: Middle School VCU PHY 591 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Teaching Physical Science through Technology is a new 3-credit laboratory-and-lecture based course designed to serve as an introduction to the teaching of physical science concepts at the middle school level.
Hagan, D. B., Niculescu, V. A,
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Multidimensional Item Response Theory and the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Quantitative Methods in PER: A Critical Examination.] While many studies have examined the structure, validity, and reliability of the Force Concept Inventory, far less research has been performed on other
Cabot Zabriskie, John Stewart
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UMA ANÁLISE HISTÓRICA DE ALGUNS ASPECTOS DO TEXTO “AN ESSAY ON THE APLICATION OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS TO THE THEORIES OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM” DE GEORGE GREEN

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de História da Matemática, 2020
Neste artigo apresento uma análie das seções 1 a 4 da terceira parte do "An Essay on the Aplication of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism" de George Green.
Marcos Vieira Teixeira
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Advances in ab-initio theory of Multiferroics. Materials and mechanisms: modelling and understanding

open access: yes, 2012
Within the broad class of multiferroics (compounds showing a coexistence of magnetism and ferroelectricity), we focus on the subclass of "improper electronic ferroelectrics", i.e.
A. Girlando   +204 more
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Physics students’ construction of differential length vectors in an unconventional spherical coordinate system

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Vector calculus and multivariable coordinate systems play a large role in the understanding and calculation of much of the physics in upper-division electricity and magnetism. Differential vector elements represent one key mathematical piece of students’
Benjamin P. Schermerhorn   +1 more
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Linking and comparing short and full-length concept inventories of electricity and magnetism using item response theory

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In physics education research (PER), concept inventories (CIs) have become standard instruments for assessing students’ learning throughout instruction.
Yang Xiao   +7 more
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The electricity before Faraday. Part 2

open access: yesRevista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2004
This is the second and final part of this paper. The first part appeared in the former issue. This part deals with the period of the so-called Modern Age after the Renaissance, until the times of Faraday.
Gabriel Poveda Ramos
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