... conceptual tests and validating their results are discussed for future research. Also, online assessment of conceptual understanding is considered. Yun (2020) reviewed 2959 articles from the American Journal of Physics (AJP) and 745 articles from the Physics Review Physics Education Research (PRPER...

...-Pelecky ( AIP , 2000 ). L.C.   McDermott , a chapter (summary and 3 AJP reprints) in Teacher Education in Physics: Research, Curriculum, and Practice , edited by D.E.   Meltzer and P.S.   Shaffer ( American Physical Society , College Park, MD , 2011 ). L.C.   McDermott...

..., with Joe as Editor, was added to the American Journal of Physics (AJP). In 2002, the Supplement became a regular section. In 2005, an AJP Guest Editorial by Paula Heron and David Meltzer urged physics departments to engage in PER ( Heron and Meltzer, 2005 ). Interest...

... graduate students of Dean Zollman earned Ph.D.'s in physics education. By 1994, Kansas State University had begun to offer a Ph.D. in physics for PER. In 1980, when the American Journal of Physics (AJP) published the PEG’s first article detailing systematic research on student learning...

... papers in the American Journal of Physics (AJP) ( Trowbridge and McDermott, 1980 ; 1981 ). He later wrote Graphs and Tracks , an award-winning software simulation involving the motion of balls rolling on tracks. Addressing Conceptual Difficulties: Kinematics I encouraged my second graduate...

... module and led to papers in The Physics Teacher and the American Journal of Physics (AJP) ( Goldberg and McDermott, 1986 ; 1987 ). FIG. 4.3 Ray diagram drawn by a student. Interlude at the National Science Foundation (1984) Historical factors again played into the course of my career and the course...

... as two articles to the American Journal of Physics (AJP) and to write a third for The Physics Teacher (TPT) ( McDermott, 1974a ; 1974b ; 1975 ). Around that time, Arnold began writing The Various Language: An Inquiry Approach to the Physical Sciences ( Arons, 1977 ). Together...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   53 , 73 ( 1985 ) – Interesting approx, function related to 1.732/2. 10.1119/1.13970 AJP   53 , 1079 ( 1985 ) – Strobe study of inverted pendulum. See also AJP 59, 816 (1991). 10.1119/1.14036 AJP   54 , 112 ( 1986 ) – Very detailed...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   53 , 765 ( 1985 ) and AJP 55, 826 (1987) – Effect of coefficient of friction in controlling slipping . 10.1119/1.14412 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   59 , 60 ( 1991 ) – Thermometers based on spheroid floating in vertical tubes. See also AJP 57, 845 (1989). ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   54 , 1146 ( 1986 ) – Relevant parameter is size of the sound pressure amplitude relative to gas pressure. AJP   55 , 733 ( 1987 ) – Two dimensional flame TABLE. 10.1119/1.15030 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   40 , 1357 ( 1972 ) – Review of film, “Powers of Ten” . 10.1119/1.1986851 AJP   41 , 425 ( 1973 ) – Note on this film shows that outward trip could be consistent with relativity theory . 10.1119/1.1987242 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   53 , 1212 ( 1985 ) – Similar to above with limiting resistor and capacitor. 10.1119/1.14085 AJP   55 , 356 ( 1987 ) – “A Flexible Nuclear Counter for an Introductory Physics Laboratory” – U.Ill. designed. 10.1119/1.15170 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   53 , 504 ( 1985 ) – Demo trumpet description. 10.1119/1.14217 AJP   54 , 463 ( 1986 ) – “Real-time Microcomputer Frequency Analyzer” – Diskette in BASIC available from author. 10.1119/1.14587 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   55 , 1040 ( 1987 ) – “A Flettner Rotor Ship Demonstration” – Vertical rotating cylinder (beer can) powered by toy motor. Construction details given. Also see AJP 57, 181 for corrections . 10.1119/1.14880 ...

...RELATED REFERENCES RELATED REFERENCES AJP   54 , 759 ( 1986 ) – Hall demo uses phototransistor to control magnetic pulsing of pendulum. 10.1119/1.14457 AJP   55 , 67 ( 1987 ) – Cone model with simple geometry but considerable math. 10.1119/1.14972 AJP   55 , 1014 ( 1987...