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John R. Thompson:
Papers, Talks, and Posters
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Papers |
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| E.B. Pollock, J.R. Thompson, D.B. Mountcastle | Student Understanding of the Physics and Mathematics of Process Variables In P-V Diagrams | Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2007 (to appear 2008) |
| D.B. Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, J.R. Thompson | Student Estimates of Probability and Uncertainty in Advanced Laboratory and Statistical Physics Courses | Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2007 (to appear 2008) |
| B.R. Bucy, J.R. Thompson, D.B. Mountcastle | Student (Mis)application of Partial Differentiation to Material Properties | 2006 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, edited by P. Heron, L. McCullough, and J. Marx, AIP Conference Proceedings 883, 157-160 (2007) |
| B.R. Bucy, J.R. Thompson, D.B. Mountcastle | What is Entropy? Advanced Undergraduate Performance Comparing Ideal Gas Processes | 2005 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, edited by P. Heron, L. McCullough, and J. Marx, AIP Conference Proceedings 818, 77-80 (2006) |
| J.R. Thompson, B.R. Bucy, D.B. Mountcastle | Assessing Student Understanding of Partial Derivatives in Thermodynamics | 2005 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, edited by P. Heron, L. McCullough, and J. Marx, AIP Conference Proceedings 818, 77-80 (2006) |
| S. Kanim, J.R. Thompson | Magnetic Field Viewing Cards | The Physics Teacher, 43:6, 355–359 (2005) |
| K. VP. Menchen and J.R. Thompson | Teacher understanding of propagation and resonance phenomena in sound | In S. Franklin, K. Cummings, J. Marx (Eds.) Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2003 (submitted). |
| J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann, and J.R. Thompson | Student Understanding of Tunneling in Quantum Mechanics: Examining Survey Results | In S. Franklin, K. Cummings, J. Marx (Eds.) Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2003 (submitted). |
| E. Raulerson Sayre, M.C. Wittmann, and J.R. Thompson | Resource Selection in Nearly-Novel Situations | In S. Franklin, K. Cummings, J. Marx (Eds.) Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2003 (submitted). |
Invited Talks |
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| J.R. Thompson | A Graduate Course in Physics Education Research at the University of Maine (abstract) | Winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Miami Beach FL, 2004 January |
| J.R. Thompson | Promoting the understanding of teaching and learning in physics : Graduate courses in physics education research | Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, 2003 August. |
| J.R. Thompson | Research on student understanding in physics: an example from two-dimensional kinematics | Twenty-third state wide meeting of high school physics teachers, Orono, ME, 2003 May. |
| J.R. Thompson | Discipline-based education research as a guide to teaching and learning: examples from physics. | The University of New Hampshire, Analytical/Physical Chemistry Seminar, Durham, NH, 2003 May. |
| J.R. Thompson, M.C. Wittmann, S.J. Kaback | Promoting the understanding of teaching and learning in physics | The University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research Brown Bag Seminar, April 2003, |
Contributed Talks |
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| K.VP. Menchen and J.R. Thompson | Teacher understanding of propagation and resonance phenomena in sound (abstract) | 127th National AAPT Meeting, Madison, WI, 2003 August. |
| M.C. Wittmann, J.T. Morgan, and J.R. Thompson | Student Reasoning about Quantum Tunneling | Fermi School in Physics Education Research, Varenna, Italy, 2003 July. |
| J.R. Thompson and M.C. Wittmann | Promoting understanding of teaching and learning in physics: A graduate course in physics education research | Joint American Physical Society (APS)/American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Regional Meeting, New England Section, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2003 April. |
| J.R. Thompson | Preparing inservice and preservice elementary teachers to teach sound: A research-based approach (abstract) | 123rd National AAPT Meeting, Rochester, NY, July 2001, |
Contributed Posters |
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| T. Lyons, M.C. Wittmann, J.R. Thompson | Context dependence of student understanding of simple graphs | Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 2003. |
| K.VP. Menchen, J.R. Thompson | Teacher understanding of propagation and resonance phenomena in sound | Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 2003. |
| J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann, J.R. Thompson | Student Understanding of Tunneling in Quantum Mechanics: Examining Survey Results | Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 2003. |
| E. Raulerson, M.C. Wittmann. J.R. Thompson | Resource Selection in Nearly-Novel Situations | Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 2003. |
| J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann, J.R. Thompson | An investigation into student understanding of tunneling | University of Maine Association of Graduate Students Research Exposition, Orono, ME, April 2003. |
| J.R. Thompson | Preparing inservice and preservice elementary teachers to teach sound: A research-based approach. | “University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Summer Conference: “Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching,” 2002 June. |
| J.R. Thompson | Preparing inservice and preservice elementary teachers to teach sound: A research-based approach | Physics Education Research Conference, Rochester, NY, 2001 July. |
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