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Evaluation of the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics
The development and dissemination of the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics is funded with assistance from the National Science Foundation and Department of Education Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. An integral part of the dissemination project is to have test sites modify the materials as needed to best match their test sites. These changes must be publicized and shared, and we ask our test sites to evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculum changes. Also, we ask that our test sites evaluate student learning in areas of quantum physics which were taught using the original materials.
For more information on the curriculum materials, please visit the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics. If you would like more information, please contact Michael Wittmann.The links below do not pertain to the research into student learning, and refer instead only to evaluation and research done using specific elements of the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics.
Links to Research Topics arranged by research topic and author
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| M.C. Wittmann | Understanding Coordinated Sets of Resources: An Example from Quantum Tunneling | Proceedings of the Fermi School in Physics Education Research, Varenna, Italy, 2003 July. (submitted) |
| M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, and E.F. Redish | Investigating Student Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Spontaneous Models of Conductivity | American Journal of Physics, 70:3, 218-226 (2002) |
| M.C. Wittmann | Investigating Student Understanding of Quantum Physics: Models of Conductivity | Newsletter of the American Society of Black Physicists, special issue on physics education research, March (2001). |
| R.N. Steinberg, M.C. Wittmann, Lei Bao, and E.F. Redish | The influence of student understanding of classical physics when learning quantum mechanics | Research on the Teaching and Learning of Quantum Sciences, NARST Annual Meeting, Boston (March, 1999) |
Invited Talks |
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| M.C. Wittmann | Conceptual knowledge in quantum physics: Student reasoning about charge flow | invited talk at the April national meeting of the American Physical Society, Philadelphia PA, 2003 April. |
| M.C. Wittmann | The role of conceptual and meta-cognition reasoning in the learning quantum physics | colloquium held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester MA, 2002 Sep 30 |
| M.C. Wittmann | The role of conceptual and meta-cognition reasoning in the learning quantum physics | colloquium held at Bates, Lewiston ME, 2002 Sep 13 |
| M.C. Wittmann | Intuition and Inquiry in the Investigation of Conceptual and Meta-cognitive Reasoning | seminar held at The University of Maryland, College Park MD, 2002 Sep 5 |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student understanding of conductivity: Interviews, classroom discussions, and tools for improved student learning | University of New Hampshire, 2002 February 11. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student understanding of conductivity: Interviews, classroom discussions, and tools for improved student learning | University of Rhode Island, 2002 February 8. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Classroom Interactions and Learning in the Context of a Curriculum for Teaching Conductivity (abstract) | 124th AAPT National Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 2002 January. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Evaluating Student Model Building in Quantum Physics | University of Maine, February, 2001. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Disseminating Innovative Curricula: A Modified Role for Dissemination Sites (abstract) | 122nd AAPT National Meeting, San Diego CA, January 2001. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Making Sense of Student Reasoning in the Classroom: Lessons from Mechanical Waves in a Larger Context | The Ohio State University, March 2000. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Making Sense of Student Reasoning in the Classroom: Lessons from Mechanical Waves in a Larger Context | University of Maine, February 2000. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Issues in Implementing a New Curriculum in Quantum Mechanics | The Ohio State University, November 1999. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student use of multiple models in physics: Examples from wave and quantum physics | North Carolina State University, July 20, 1999. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student use of multiple models in wave and quantum physics | Bremen University, Germany, June 1999. |
Contributed Talks |
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| M.C. Wittmann | Concepts and Epistemologies in a General Education Quantum Physics Course (abstract) | 128th AAPT National Meeting, Miami Beach FL, 2004 January |
| M.C. Wittmann, E.F. Redish | Analyzing Student Expectations of Physics in a Modified Quantum Physics Course (abstract) | 122nd AAPT National Meeting, San Diego CA, January 2001 |
| M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish | Evaluating Student Reasoning in the Context of a Modified Modern Physics Curriculum | 121st AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Canada, August 2000 |
| R. Lippmann, M.C. Wittmann | Developing and evaluating research-based curriculum materials to help students understand concepts of spectroscopy (abstract) | 121st AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Canada, August 2000 |
| E.F. Redish, M.C. Wittmann | Affecting Student Reasoning in the Context of Qauntum Tunneling (abstract) | 121st AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Canada, August 2000 |
| M.C. Wittmann, Bao Lei, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish | Curriculum Development to Address Student Difficulties with Models of Conductivity | 119th AAPT National Meeting, San Antonio TX, August 1999 |
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.C. Sayre, 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. |
| M.C. Wittmann, R.E. Scherr | The challenge of listening: The effect of research agenda on data collection and interpretation | Physics Education Research Conference, 2002 Aug 7. |
| M.C. Wittmann, R.E. Scherr | Student epistemological stance constraining researcher access to student thinking: An example from an interview on charge flow | Physics Education Research Conference, 2002 Aug 7. |
| 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. |
| R.E. Scherr, M.C. Wittmann | The challenge of listening: The effect of research agenda on data collection and interpretation | “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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