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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
2008 Annual Contents
(Volume 4)

Please cite this journal as Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res.. For citations, use the volume number and year as given above; the article id (the six-digit number given below for each article) replaces the page number in traditional citations. Thus a citation should be in the form: N. D. Finkelstein and S. J. Pollock, "Replicating and understanding successful innovations: Implementing tutorials in introductory physics," Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 1, 010101 (2005).

EDITORIALS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Announcement: New Associate Editor
Published 9 September 2008 (1 pages)
020001 [View PDF (19 kB) ]

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Editorial: Physics - spotlighting exceptional research
Gene D. Sprouse
Published 15 September 2008 (1 pages)
020002 [View PDF (84 kB) ]

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Editorial: APS now leaves copyright with authors for derivative works
Gene D. Sprouse
Published 1 October 2008 (1 pages)
020003 [View PDF (23 kB) ]

ARTICLES

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Gesture analysis for physics education researchers
Rachel E. Scherr
Published 25 January 2008 (9 pages)
010101 [View PDF (385 kB) ]

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Measuring student learning with item response theory
Young-Jin Lee, David J. Palazzo, Rasil Warnakulasooriya, and David E. Pritchard
Published 31 January 2008 (6 pages)
010102 [View PDF (276 kB) ]

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Why we should teach the Bohr model and how to teach it effectively
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, and C. E. Wieman
Published 6 March 2008 (10 pages)
010103 [View PDF (654 kB) ]

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Assessing student expertise in introductory physics with isomorphic problems. I. Performance on nonintuitive problem pair from introductory physics
Chandralekha Singh
Published 28 March 2008 (9 pages)
010104 [View PDF (101 kB) ]

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Assessing student expertise in introductory physics with isomorphic problems. II. Effect of some potential factors on problem solving and transfer
Chandralekha Singh
Published 28 March 2008 (10 pages)
010105 [View PDF (103 kB) ]

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Reliability, compliance, and security in web-based course assessments
Scott Bonham
Published 15 April 2008 (8 pages)
010106 [View PDF (304 kB) ]

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How students learn from multiple contexts and definitions: Proper time as a coordination class
Olivia Levrini and Andrea A. diSessa
Published 23 April 2008 (18 pages)
010107 [View PDF (240 kB) ]

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Impact of a conventional introductory laboratory course on the understanding of measurement
Trevor S. Volkwyn, Saalih Allie, Andy Buffler, and Fred Lubben
Published 1 May 2008 (10 pages)
010108 [View PDF (166 kB) ]

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Mathematical learning models that depend on prior knowledge and instructional strategies
David E. Pritchard, Young-Jin Lee, and Lei Bao
Published 20 May 2008 (8 pages)
010109 [View PDF (209 kB) ]

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Sustaining educational reforms in introductory physics
Steven J. Pollock and Noah D. Finkelstein
Published 3 June 2008 (8 pages)
010110 [View PDF (318 kB) ]

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Patterns of multiple representation use by experts and novices during physics problem solving
Patrick B. Kohl and Noah D. Finkelstein
Published 9 June 2008 (13 pages)
010111 [View PDF (639 kB) ]

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Effects of testing conditions on conceptual survey results
Lin Ding, Neville W. Reay, Albert Lee, and Lei Bao
Published 9 June 2008 (6 pages)
010112 [View PDF (291 kB) ]

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Applying a resources framework to analysis of the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation
Trevor I. Smith and Michael C. Wittmann
Published 10 September 2008 (12 pages)
020101 [View PDF (962 kB) ]

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Accounting for variability in student responses to motion questions
Brian W. Frank, Stephen E. Kanim, and Luanna S. Gomez
Published 23 September 2008 (11 pages)
020102 [View PDF (144 kB) ]

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Deeper look at student learning of quantum mechanics: The case of tunneling
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, and C. E. Wieman
Published 8 October 2008 (18 pages)
020103 [View PDF (799 kB) ]

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Attitudinal gains across multiple universities using the Physics and Everyday Thinking curriculum
Valerie K. Otero and Kara E. Gray
Published 16 October 2008 (7 pages)
020104 [View PDF (243 kB) ]

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Plasticity of intermediate mechanics students’ coordinate system choice
Eleanor C. Sayre and Michael C. Wittmann
Published 12 November 2008 (14 pages)
020105 [View PDF (238 kB) ]

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Students know what physicists believe, but they don’t agree: A study using the CLASS survey
Kara E. Gray, Wendy K. Adams, Carl E. Wieman, and Katherine K. Perkins
Published 14 November 2008 (10 pages)
020106 [View PDF (553 kB) ]

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Correlations among knowledge structures, force concept inventory, and problem-solving behaviors
Kathy L. Malone
Published 20 November 2008 (15 pages)
020107 [View PDF (187 kB) ]

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How long does it take? A study of student acquisition of scientific abilities
Eugenia Etkina, Anna Karelina, and Maria Ruibal-Villasenor
Published 3 December 2008 (15 pages)
020108 [View PDF (274 kB) ]