Table of Contents for – July - December 2006
(Volume 2, Issue 2)

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).

ARTICLES

Use of analogy in learning physics: The role of representations
Noah S. Podolefsky and Noah D. Finkelstein
Published 18 July 2006 (10 pages)
020101 [View PDF (389 kB) ]

Evaluating multiple-choice exams in large introductory physics courses
Michael Scott, Tim Stelzer, and Gary Gladding
Published 28 July 2006 (14 pages)
020102 [View PDF (550 kB) ]

Scientific abilities and their assessment
Eugenia Etkina, Alan Van Heuvelen, Suzanne White-Brahmia, David T. Brookes, Michael Gentile, Sahana Murthy, David Rosengrant, and Aaron Warren
Published 1 August 2006 (15 pages)
020103 [View PDF (263 kB) ]

Laboratory-tutorial activities for teaching probability
Michael C. Wittmann, Jeffrey T. Morgan, and Roger E. Feeley
Published 2 August 2006 (8 pages)
020104 [View PDF (376 kB) ]

Using resource graphs to represent conceptual change
Michael C. Wittmann
Published 29 August 2006 (17 pages)
020105 [View PDF (839 kB) ]

Research-design model for professional development of teachers: Designing lessons with physics education research
Bat-Sheva Eylon and Esther Bagno
Published 21 September 2006 (14 pages)
020106 [View PDF (182 kB) ]

Coordination of knowledge in judging animated motion
Thomas C. Thaden-Koch, Robert J. Dufresne, and Jose P. Mestre
Published 2 November 2006 (11 pages)
020107 [View PDF (149 kB) ]

Initiation of student-TA interactions in tutorials
Rachel E. Scherr, Rosemary S. Russ, Thomas J. Bing, and Raymond A. Hodges
Published 14 December 2006 (9 pages)
020108 [View PDF (631 kB) ]