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Research into Student Learning:
Posters

Links to Research Topics arranged by research topic and author

Contributed Posters

J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann A longitudinal study of student learning of quantum tunneling Physics Education Research Conference, Salt Lake City UT, August 2005.
E.C. Sayre and M.C. Wittmann Plasticity and student use of the differential in an intermediate mechanics class Physics Education Research Conference, Salt Lake City UT, August 2005.
M.C. Wittmann, J.T. Morgan, K. Black, and R.P. Springuel General Education Students’ Understanding of Quantum Wavefunctions Physics Education Research Conference, Salt Lake City UT, 2005 August.
J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann A survey to investigate student understanding of quantum tunneling Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento CA, 2004 August.
R.E. Feeley, J.R. Thompson, M.C. Wittmann Identifying student concepts of ‘gravity’ Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento CA, 2004 August.
M.C. Wittmann What changes during conceptual change? Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento CA, 2004 August.
E.C. Sayre, M.C. Wittmann The Structure of Intermediate Mechanics Students’ Physics and Mathematics Intuitions Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento CA, 2004 August.
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.

Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Education and Human Development
Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research
 

Contact Information

Michael C. Wittmann
-or-
John R. Thompson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
5709 Bennett Hall
University of Maine
Orono ME 04401-5709
tel: Michael C. Wittmann: 207 - 581 - 1237
tel: John R. Thompson: 207 - 581 - 1030
fax: 207 - 581 - 3410