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Research into Student Learning:
Talks
These talks include presentations by past and present members of the Physics Education Laboratory. First, they are listed as invited talks, then as contributed talks. Within each category, they are arranged chronologically by date. Note that talks given by Rand Harrington, Ed Prather, and other former members of the Laboratory for Research Physics Education can be found at the old LRPE web site, located here.
Links to Research Topics arranged by research topic and author
Invited Talks |
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| M.C. Wittmann | Using Learning Theories to Model Students’ Conceptual Changes (abstract) | 129th AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento CA, 2004 August. The Announcer 34(2) 114. |
| J.R. Thompson | A Graduate Course in Physics Education Research at the University of Maine (abstract) | 128th AAPT National Meeting, 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, |
| 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 | Assessment in active learning: Pre- and post-testing in physics | invited talk at the workshop on “Active Learning,” Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maine, 2003 March. |
| N. Gillespie, M.C. Wittmann, R.E. Scherr | The negotiation of relevance: Student inference in clinical interviews (abstract) | 126th American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Austin TX, 2003 January. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Making Meaning: Emergent cognition in physics and physics education research (abstract) | 126th American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Austin TX, 2003 January. |
| M.C. Wittmann, R.E. Scherr | Epistemology mediating conceptual knowledge: Constraints on data accessible from interviews(abstract) | 126th American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Austin TX, 2003 January. |
| R.E. Scherr, M.C. Wittmann | The challenge of listening: Selective attention in clinical interviews (abstract) | 126th American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Austin TX, 2003 January. |
| 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, J.R. Thompson | A Course in Physics Education Research for Teachers, Scientists, and Researchers | “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. |
| 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 | Standardized tests as predictors of student performance in advanced physics classes | University of Maine, December 2001. |
| 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 | RealTime Physics Dissemination Project: Evaluation at Test Sites | University of Oregon, October, 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. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Research and Curriculum Development to Address Student Understanding of Wave Physics | 118th AAPT National Meeting, Anaheim CA,1999 January |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student Use of Multiple Models When Making Sense of Physics: An Example From Mechanical Waves | Summer School of the European Science Education Research Association, Marly-le-Roi, France, August 1998. To see an on-line version of a more complete version of this talk, see Wittmann's defense talk. |
| E.F. Redish (presented by M.C. Wittmann) | The Science of Teaching Physics: What do we know and how do we know it? | seminar, Two-Year College Introductory Physics Conference III, Joliet IL, Joliet Junior College, June 1998. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Investigation and Addressing Student Difficulties with Physics: An Example from Mechanical Waves | Two-Year College Introductory Physics Conference III, Joliet IL, Joliet Junior College, June, 1998. To see an on-line version of a more complete version of this talk, see Wittmann's defense talk. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Making sense of student models of physics: An example from mechanical waves | University of Maryland, October 1998. To see an on-line version of a more complete version of this talk, see Wittmann's defense talk. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Student Difficulties with Wave Concepts | University of Maryland, September 1997. |
Contributed Talks |
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| E. Bianchi, M. Dudley, J.T. Morgan, and M.C. Wittmann | Modifying instruction in mechanics to address student learning of electrostatics (abstract) | 131st AAPT National Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, 2005 August. The Announcer 35(2). |
| J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann | Students’ revised models of quantum tunneling in a reform curriculum (abstract) | 131st AAPT National Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, 2005 August. The Announcer 35(2). |
| E.C. Sayre and M.C. Wittmann | Plasticity and the Differential (abstract) | 131st AAPT National Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, 2005 August. The Announcer 35(2). |
| M.C. Wittmann, J.T. Morgan, K. Black, and R.P. Springuel | General Education Students’ Understanding of Quantum Wavefunctions (abstract) | 131st AAPT National Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, 2005 August. The Announcer 35(2). |
| R. Feeley, J.R. Thompson, and M.C. Wittmann | Identifying Student Concepts of ‘Gravity’ (abstract) | 129th AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento CA, 2004 August. The Announcer 34(2) 116. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Conceptual Learning in a General Education Quantum Physics Course (abstract) | 129th AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento CA, 2004 August. The Announcer 34(2) 172. |
| J.T. Morgan, M.C. Wittmann | A Survey to Investigate Student Understanding of Quantum Tunneling (abstract) | 129th AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento CA, 2004 August. The Announcer 34(2) 172. |
| E.C. Sayre, M.C. Wittmann | Advanced Mechanics Students' Conflicts Between Physics and Mathematics Intuitions (abstract) | 129th AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento CA, 2004 August. The Announcer 34(2) 184 |
| E.R. Sayre, M.C. Wittmann | Student Selection of Reasoning Resources in Nearly-Novel Situations (abstract) | 128th AAPT National Meeting, Miami Beach FL, 2004 January. The Announcer 33(4) 133. |
| M.C. Wittmann | Concepts and Epistemologies in a General Education Quantum Physics Course (abstract) | 128th AAPT National Meeting, Miami Beach FL, 2004 January. The Announcer 33(4) 133. |
| K.VP. Menchen and J.R. Thompson | Teacher understanding of propagation and resonance phenomena in sound (abstract) | 127th AAPT National Meeting, Madison, WI, 2003 August |
| J.T. Morgan and M.C. Wittmann | Student understanding of quantum tunneling (abstract) | 27th AAPT National Meeting, Madison WI, 2003 August. The Announcer 33(2) 105. |
| T. Lyons, J.R. Thompson, and M.C. Wittmann | Context dependence of student understanding of simple graphs (abstract) | 127th AAPT National Meeting, Madison WI, 2003 August. The Announcer 33(2) 96. |
| 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 |
| M.C. Wittmann | Evaluating the Dissemination of a Research-Based Curriculum: Summary Report (abstract) | 124th AAPT National Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 2002 January. The Announcer 31(4) 71. |
| J.R. Thompson | Preparing inservice and preservice elementary teachers to teach sound: A research-based approach (abstract) | 123rd AAPT National Meeting, Rochester, NY, July 2001. The Announcer 31(2) |
| M.C. Wittmann | Using standardized tests as predictors in advanced physics classes (abstract) | 123rd AAPT National Meeting, Rochester NY, 2001 July. The Announcer 31(2) 111. |
| A. Elby, M.C. Wittmann | What the 'FCI invalidity' results really show (abstract) | 123rd AAPT National Meeting, Rochester NY, July 2001. The Announcer 31(2) 127. |
| 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. The Announcer 30(4). |
| 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 |
| C. v. Breen, M.C. Wittmann | Continuing Evaluation of Secondary Implementation of RealTime Physics and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (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 |
| M.C. Wittmann | A Diagnostic Test to Investigate Student Use of Multiple Models of Mechanical Waves | 117th AAPT National Meeting , Lincoln NE, August 1998. To see an on-line version of a more complete version of this talk, see Wittmann's defense talk |
| Michael C. Wittmann, Richard N. Steinberg, Edward F. Redish | Investigation of Student Difficulties with Mechanical Waves with a Specially Designed Diagnostic Test | Regional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Chesapeake Section, May 1998, University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, Baltimore MD. To see an on-line version of a more complete version of this talk, see Wittmann's defense talk. |
| M.C. Wittmann, M. Sabella, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish | Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties with Sound Waves | 115th AAPT National Meeting, Denver CO, August 1997. |
| M.C. Wittmann, E.F. Redish, and R.N. Steinberg | Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties with Mechanical Waves (propagation) | 113th AAPT National Meeting, College Park MD, August 1996. |
| J.M. Saul, M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, and E.F. Redish | Student Difficulties with Math in Physics: Why can't Students Apply What They Learn in Math Class? | 113th AAPT National Meeting, College Park MD, August 1996. |
| R.N. Steinberg, J.M. Saul, M.C. Wittmann, and E.F. Redish | Student Difficulties Understanding the role of Mathematics in Introductory Physics | Joint APS/AAPT Meeting, Indianapolis IN, May 1996. |
| Michael C. Wittmann, E.F. Redish, and R.N. Steinberg | Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties with Mechanical Waves (superposition) | Regional meeting of the AAPT, York PA, March 1996. |
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