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2025

E. M. Scanlon, M. W. Guthrie, X. Wu, E. Syerson, J. Butler, B. Mora, D. Cassens, M. D. Moenter, T. Bott, T. Adams, D. McPadden; Amplifying disabled voices in physics: Experiences from the C2C design team. Phys. Teach. 1 April 2025; 63 (4): 294–295. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0265960

2024

Caballero, M.D., Odden, T.O.B. Computing in physics education. Nat. Phys. 20, 339–341 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02371-2

Frank T. Dachille, Gina M. Quan; Trajectories of Transfer Students Toward a Bachelor’s Degree-Granting Institution. Phys. Teach. 1 May 2024; 62 (5): 370–373. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0108466

2021

Stewart, John, Byron Drury, James Wells, Aaron Adair, Rachel Henderson, Yunfei Ma, Ángel Pérez-Lemonche, David Pritchard. “Examining the relation of correct knowledge and misconceptions using the nominal response model” Physical Review Physics Education Research. (2021).

Mikkelsen, N., Young, N. T., and Caballero, M. D. “Investigating institutional influence on graduate program admissions by modeling physics Graduate Record Examination cutoff scores” Physical Review Physics Education Research. (2021).

Stewart, John, Geraldine L. Cochran, Rachel Henderson, Cabot Zabriskie, Seth DeVore, Paul Miller, Gay Stewart, and Lynnette Michaluk. “Mediational effect of prior preparation on performance differences of students underrepresented in physics.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 17, no. 1 (2021): 010107.

Wheatley, Christopher, James Wells, Rachel Henderson, and John Stewart. “Applying module analysis to the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 17, (2021): 010102.

2020

Irving, Paul W., Daryl McPadden, and Marcos D. Caballero. “Communities of practice as a curriculum design theory in an introductory physics class for engineers.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 16, (2020): 020143.

McPadden, Daryl, Eric Brewe, Camila Monsalve, and Vashti Sawtelle. “Productive faculty resources activated by curricular materials: An example of epistemological beliefs in University Modeling Instruction.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 16, (2020): 020158.

Aiken, John M., Riccardo De Bin, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, and Marcos D. Caballero. “Predicting time to graduation at a large enrollment American university.” Plos one 15, no. 11 (2020): e0242334.

Fracchiolla, Claudia, Brean Prefontaine, and Kathleen Hinko. “Community of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs.” Physical Review Physics Education Research 16, (2020): 020115.

2017

Pawlak, A. S., Irving, P. W. and Caballero, M.D.“Instructor Approaches to Teaching Computation in Collaborative Physics Problem Solving.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Irving, P.W., Obsniuk, M.J. and Caballero, M.D.“P^3: A Practice Focused Learning Environment.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Nair, A., Irving, P. W. and Sawtelle, V. “Exploring Life-Science Students’ Conceptions of Relevance of Physics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Leary, A. N., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Assessing the Implementation of Formative Feedback.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Expanding the PICUP community of practice.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Hawkins, N. T., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Understanding Student Perceptions of Computational Physics Problems in Introductory Mechanics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Waterson, A. C., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“The Structure and Method of Planning in Group Work.” Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

Pawlak, A. S., Irving, P. W. and Caballero, M.D.“Instructor Approaches to Teaching Computation in Collaborative Physics Problem Solving.” Contributed Talk, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2017): Cincinnati, OH.

K. Funkhouser, V. Sawtelle and M. D. Caballero. “Examining Physics Identity in Laboratory Settings Through Survey Development.” Poster, CREATE for STEM MiniConference. (2017).

Mashood, K.K.“Operationalizing criteria to assess interdisciplinary thinking using textbook analysis.” Talk, STEM Transformation Institute. (January 2017): Florida International University, FL.

Little, A., Sawtelle, V. and Humphrey, B. “Mindset Research in Introductory Physics: Strengths of Student Interview Analyses.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (February 2017): Atlanta, GA.

L. Tunstall, A. Nair, K. Hinko, P. Irving. and V. Sawtelle. “Exploring LBC Physics Students’ Conceptions of Diffusion.” Contributed Poster, CREATE for STEM MiniConference. (February 2017): East Lansing, MI.

A. Nair, P. Irving and V. Sawtelle. “Exploring relevance for life-science students in introductory physics.” Contributed Poster, CREATE for STEM MiniConference. (February 2017): East Lansing, MI.

Irving, P.W., Obsniuk, M.J. and Caballero, M.D.“P^3: A Practice Focused Learning Environment.” Accepted EJP. (2017).

https://arxiv.org/abs /1607.04455

Irving, V., Paper Publication 2, Journal, 2017

2016

Hamerski, P.C., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M. D.“Exploring the role of design problem in the physics classroom.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Obsniuk, M.J., Irving, P.W., and Caballero, M.D.“Using phenomenography to better understand student development with computational physics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Assessing Difficult to Assess Learning Goals - Formative Feedback in P3.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Assessing Difficult to Assess Learning Goals - Formative Feedback in P3.” Contributed Talk, Physics Education Research Conference (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Becoming a Physicist: The Roles of Research, Mindsets, and Milestones in upper-division student perceptions.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (January 2016): New Orleans, LA.

P.W. Irving. “Identity development in upper-level physics students: transitions in and out of physics.” Invited Talk, American Physical Society. (April 2016): Salt Lake City, UT.

P. W. Irving. “Collaborative Assessment Tool (CAT) – Assessing scientific practices in introductory physics.” Invited Talk, American Physical Society. (January 2016): Washington DC.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Network analysis of students’ use of representations in problem solving.” Contributed Talk, Annual American Physical Society April Meeting. (April 2016): Salt Lake City, UT.

Pendas, J., McPadden, D., Potvin, G. and Brewe, E. “Modeling Instruction: Optics.” Contributed Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Monsalve, C., Hazari, Z., McPadden, D., Sonnert, G. and Sadler, P. “Examining the Relationship between Career Outcome Expectations and Physics Identity.” Contributed Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016). Sacramento, CA.

Dowd, J., McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Power boxes: A novel graphical representation of energy in circuits.” Contributed Talk, Annual American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Underwood, S. M., Sawtelle, V., Matz, R. L., Anderson, C. W. and Scott, E.E.“An Investigation into how Students Make Connections that Cross the Disciplinary Boundaries of Chemistry, Biology, and Physics.” Talk, American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. (March 2016): San Diego, CA.

Scott, E. E., Sawtelle, V., Anderson, C. W., Mashood, K. K., Matz, R. L. and Underwood, S. M.“Developing an Explanatory Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning About Interdisciplinary Phenomena.” Poster, Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) National Meeting. (July 2016): Minneapolis, MN.

Underwood, S. M., Scott, E.E., Mashood, K. K.., Sawtelle, V., Matz, R. L. and Anderson, C. W.“Investigating how students integrate their everyday experiences with their content knowledge from their chemistry, biology, and physics courses.” Presented Talk, BCCE. (August 2016): University of Northern Colorado, CO.

K. Funkhouser. “Impacts of Aligning Student and Instructor Expectation in Introductory Physics Labs.” Talk, Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellowship Symposium. (2016).

McPadden, D. Dowd, J. and Brewe, E. “Power Boxes: A New Tool for Understanding Circuits.” Contributed Poster, Annual American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Network analysis of students’ use of representations in problem solving.” Invited Poster, Annual FIU STEMposium. (January 2016): Miami, FL.

McPadden, D. Bruun, J. and Brewe, E. “Addressing Relational Data in Students’ Representation Use with Network Analysis.” Invited Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

McPadden, D. “Student Representation Use in Modeling Instruction Physics: Examining the Influence of Physics 1 Course on Representation Use in Physics.” Invited talk, Seattle Pacific University – University of Washington Physics Education Research Seminar. (September 2016): Seattle, WA.

McPadden, D. “Using Network Analysis to understand representation choices in Modeling Instruction – E&M.” Invited talk, San Jose State University Education Research Seminar. (October 2016): San Jose, CA.

McPadden, D. “Student representation use in Modeling Instruction – E&M: Examining the impacts of the course, content context, and type of mechanics course.” Invited Talk, University of Colorado – Boulder Physics Education Seminar. (December 2016): Boulder, CO.

K. Hinko. “Characterizing Pedagogical Practices of University Physics Students in Informal Learning Environments.” Invited Talk, American Physical Society, April Meeting. (April 2016).

K. Hinko. “Characterizing Pedagogical Practices of University Physics Students in Informal Learning Environments.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, Summer Meeting. (July 2016).

Little, A. and Sawtelle, V. “Growth Mindset In the Details: Overlapping Interests Projects in Physics.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

McPadden, D., Sawtelle, V. and Brewe, E. “Purpose of Representation Use in Modeling Instruction Physics.” Contributed Talk, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Little, A., Sawtelle, V. and Humphrey, B. “Context Dependent Mindset: Building New Frameworks and Measurement Methodologies.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Mashood, K.K., Sawtelle, V., Andersen, C.W., Scott, E.E., Matz, R.L. and Underwood, S.M.“Investigating Student Reasoning of Everyday Interdisciplinary Phenomena: Initial Phases.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Funkhouser, K.M., Sawtelle, V., Martinez, W.M. and Caballero, M.D.“Differential Impacts of Aligning Epistemological Expectations in Introductory Physics Labs.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

Daane, A.R. and Sawtelle, V. “Student discourse about equity in an introductory college physics course.” Contributed Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

A. Nair, J.S. Gouvea, V. Sawtelle and C. Turpen. “The importance of discursive structures in promoting interdisciplinary scientific reasoning.” Contributed Poster, CREATE for STEM MiniConference. (February 2016): East Lansing, MI.

S. Boyer, A. Nair and M.D. Caballero. “Comparison of Scientific Practice in Transformed and Traditional Lab Contexts.” Contributed Poster, Fall 2016 Meeting of the Michigan Section of AAPT. (October 2016): Lansing, MI.

A. Nair, V. Sawtelle and M.D. Caballero. “Implementation of a Laboratory Activity Designed to Promote Scientific Practice.” Contributed Talk, 2016 AAPT Summer Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

A. Nair, V. Sawtelle and M.D. Caballero. “Promoting Student Engagement in Scientific Practice in an Introductory Laboratory.” Contributed Poster, 2016 AAPT Summer Meeting. (July 2016): Sacramento, CA.

J.S. Gouvea, A. Nair, V. Sawtelle and C. Turpen. “Expansive framing across scientific disciplines.” Refereed Poster, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. (April 2016): Washington, DC.

Aiken, J.M. and Caballero, M.D.“Methods for Analyzing Pathways through a Physics Major.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2016): 28-31.

Monsalve, C., Hazari, Z, McPadden, D., Sonnert, G. and Sadler, P. “Examining the relationship between career outcome expectations and physics identity.” PERC Conf. Proc. (American Association of Physics Teachers). (2016): 228-231.

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Identity Statuses in upper-division physics students.” Cultural Studies of Science Education 11 (2016): 1155–1200.

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Developing physics identities.” Physics Today 69.5 (2016): 46.

Mashood, K.K., Sawtelle, V., Anderson, C.W., Matz, R. L., Scott, E. E. and Underwood, S.M.“Developing an empirically grounded framework to assess interdisciplinarity of student explanations of everyday phenomena.” Proceedings of the 2016 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2016): 220-223

Little, A., Sawtelle, V. and Humphrey, B. “Context Dependent Mindset: Building New Frameworks and Measurement Methodologies.” Physics Education Research Conference, Proceedings of the 2016 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2016): 204-207.

Daane, A. and Sawtelle, V. “Student Discourse about Equity in an Introductory College Physics Course.” Physics Education Research Conference, Proceedings of the 2016 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2016): 88-91.

Sawtelle, V. and Turpen, C. “Leveraging a relationship with biology to expand a relationship with physics.” Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12.1 010136 (2016).

C. Fracchiolla, S. Hyater-Adams, N. D. Finkelstein and K. Hinko. “University physics students’ motivations and experiences in informal physics programs.” Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Part of the PER Conference series (2016): 124-127.

doi:10.1119/perc.2016.pr.026.

S. Hyater-Adams, C. Fracchiolla, N. D. Finkelstein and K. Hinko. “Understanding connections between physics and racial identities through recognition and relational resources.” Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Part of the PER Conference series (2016): 164-167.

doi:10.1119/perc.2016.pr.036.

K. Hinko, P. Madigan, E. Miller and N.D. Finkelstein. “Characterizing Pedagogical Practices of University Physics Students in Informal Learning Environments.” Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research 12.1 (2016).

2015

Pawlak, A., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M. D.“Students’ engagement in modes of collaboration while solving problems in groups.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

Obsniuk, M.J., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M. D.“Towards understanding how computation influences group discourse in introductory mechanics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

Irving, P.W., Sawtelle V. and Caballero, M.D.“The effects of formative feedback in introductory physics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

Hancock, J. B., Irving, P.W. Caballero, M. D.“Perceptions of Learning and teamwork: Practice-based introductory Physics.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Advanced Lab as a Community of Practice.” Invited Talk, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

M.D. Caballero., P.W. Irving and M.J. Obsniuk. “Projects and Practices in Physics – Inquiry-based Computational Modeling.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2015): Maryland, MD.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Network analysis of students’ use of representations in problem solving.” Contributed Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Network analysis of students’ use of representations in problem solving.” Contributed Talk, Annual American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “The Impacts of Instructor and Student Gender on Student Performance in Introductory Modeling Instruction Courses.” Invited Poster, Annual FIU STEMposium. (January 2015): Miami, FL.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “The Impacts of Instructor and Student Gender on Student Performance in Introductory Modeling Instruction Courses.” Invited Talk, Global Physics Department (Online). (Febuary 2015): Miami, FL.

McPadden, D. “Using Multiple Representations.” Invited Talk, Center for Advancement and Teaching at Florida International University. (March 2015): Miami, FL.

K. Hinko. “Pedagogical Modalities of University Physics Students in an Afterschool Program.” Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, Summer Meeting. (July 2015).

K. Hinko. “Measuring the Impact Of Physics “Outreach”: University Participation In Informal Learning.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, Winter Meeting. (January 2015).

Irving, P.W., Sawtelle, V. and Caballero, M.D.“Troubleshooting Formative Feedback in P³ (A Group Based Learning Environment.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

Sawtelle, V. and Little, A. “Understanding the Nuance in Disciplinary Self-Efficacy.” Contributed Talk and Poster, AAPT National Meeting & Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

Turnbull, A., Doughty, L., Sawtelle, V. and Cabellero, M.D.“Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper-Division.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

Hancock, J. B., Sawtelle, V., Caballero, M.D. and Stroupe, D. “Perceptions of Learning and Teamwork: Practice-based Introductory Physics.” Contributed Talk, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

Lee, M., Sawtelle, V., Stroupe, D., Irving, P.W., Obsniuk, M.J. and Caballero, M.D.“Negotiating Positionings within Small Groups in Introductory Physics.” Contributed Talk and Poster, AAPT National Meeting & Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2015): College Park, MD.

Laverty, J.T., Cooper, M.M. and Caballero, M.D.“Developing the Next Generation of Physics Assessments.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2015): 187-190.

Caballero, M.D.“Computation across the curriculum: What skills are needed?” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2015). 79-82.

Caballero, M.D., Wilcox, B.R., Doughty, L. and Pollock, S.J.“Unpacking students’ use of mathematics in upper-division physics.” Eur. J. Phys. 36.065004 (2015).

Wilcox, B.R., Caballero, M.D., Baily, C., Sadaghiani, H, Chasteen, S.V., Ryan, Q.X. and Pollock, S.J.“Development and Uses of Upper-division Conceptual Assessments.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11.020115 (2015).

Chasteen, S.V., Wilcox, B.R., Caballero, M.D., Perkins, K.K., Pollock, S.J., Wieman, C.E.“Educational transformation in upper-division physics: The Science Education Initiative model, outcomes, and lessons learned.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11.020110 (2015).

Cooper, M.M., Caballero, M.D., Ebert-May, D., Fata-Hartley, C.L., Jardeleza, S.E., Krajcik, J.S., Laverty, J.T., Matz, R.L., Posey, L.A. and Underwood, S.M.“Challenge faculty to transform STEM learning.” Science 350.6258 (2015): 281-282.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Network analysis of students’ use of representations in problem solving.” PERC Conf. Proc. (American Association of Physics Teachers). (2015): 219-222.

Mashood, K. K. and Vijay A. Singh. “Rotational kinematics of a rigid body about a fixed axis: Development and analysis of an inventory.” European Journal of Physics 36 (2015): 045020.

Sayre, E.C. and Irving, P.W.“Brief, Embedded, Spontaneous Metacognitive Talk”, Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 11 (2015): 020121.

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Becoming a physicist: the roles of research, mindsets and milestones in upper-division student perceptions.” Physics Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 11 (2015): 020120.

Pawlak, A., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M. D.“Identification of a shared answer- making epistemic game in a group context.” Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2015, AIP Conference Proceedings. (2015).

Obsniuk, M.J., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M. D.“A Case Study: Novel Group Interactions through Introductory Computational Physics.” Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2015, AIP Conference Proceedings. (2015).

Turnbull, A., Doughty, L., Sawtelle, V. and Caballero, M.D.“Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper-Division.” Proceedings of the 2015 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2015): 295-298.

Irving, P.W., Sawtelle, V. and Caballero, M.D.“Troubleshooting Formative Feedback in P³ (A Group Based Learning Environment.” Proceedings of the 2015 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2015): 335-338.

Sawtelle, V. and Little, A. “Understanding the Nuance in Disciplinary Self-Efficacy.” Proceedings of the 2015 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2015): 295-298. (selected as a Notable Paper)

Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V. and Meltzer, D.E.“Resource letter: Teaching thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in physics, chemistry, and biology.” Amer. J. of Phys. 83. (2015): 5-21.

S. Hyater-Adams, K. Hinko and N.D. Finkelstein. “Pathways to STEM: Understanding Identity of Adult Physicists Through Narrative Analysis.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2015).

2014

Caballero, M.D. and Pollock, S.J.“A Model for Incorporating Computation Without Changing the Course: An example from middle-division classical mechanics.” Am. J. Phys. 82.231 (2014).

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Upper-Level Physics Students’ Perceptions of Physicists.” Contributed Poster, International conference of the learning sciences. (June 2014).

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E. C.“Becoming a Physicist: The Roles of Research, Mindsets, and Milestones.” Contributed Poster, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Wolf, S. F., Doughty L., Irving, P.W., Sayre, E.C. and Caballero, M.D.“It’s “Just Math”: A New Epistemic Frame.” Contributed Poster, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Caballero, M.D., Stroupe, D., Tessmer, S.H., Laverty, J.T. and Irving, P. W.“Blending Content and Practice: Designing a New Introductory Mechanics Course.” Contributed Poster, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Wolf, S. F., Doughty L., Irving, P.W., Sayre, E.C. and Caballero. “It’s “Just Math”: A New Epistemic Frame.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Pawlak, A., Doughty, L., Irving, P.W. and Caballero, M.D.“Exploring students’ use of visual representation in introductory electromagnetism.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

E.C. Sayre and P.W. Irving. “We know it when we see it: Thinking Like a Physicist.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (January 2014): Orlando, FL.

E.C. Sayre and P.W. Irving. “Professional Development of Pre-service Physicists: Affordances and Constraints.” Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Traxler, A., Mahadeo, J., McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Multiple Representations and Epistemic Games in Introductory Physics Exam Solutions.” Contributed Talk, Annual American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “The Impacts of Instructor and Student Gender on Student Performance in Introductory Modeling Instruction Courses.” Contributed Talk, Annual American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

E.F. Redish, C. Bauer, K. Carleton, T. Cooke, M. Cooper, C. Crouch, B.W. Dreyfus, B.D. Geller, J. Giannini, J. Svoboda Gouvea, M. Klymkowsky, W. Losert, K. Moore, J. Presson, V. Sawtelle, C. Turpen and K. Thompson. “NEXUS/Physics: Rethinking physics for biology and premed students.” Poster, Mid-Atlantic Regional Learning Assistant Workshop. (February 2014): College Park, MD.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “The Impacts of Instructor and Student Gender on Student Performance in Introductory Modeling Instruction Courses.” Invited Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

K. Hinko. “Analysis of Students’ Scientific Creativity in an Afterschool Physics Program.” Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, Summer Meeting. (July 2014).

K. Hinko. “Supporting the Physics Identity and Practices of University and K-12 Students through Outreach.” Invited Talk, American Physical Society, March Meeting. (March 2014).

Sawtelle, V., Gouvea, J.S. and Turpen, C. “Harnessing Affinity Towards Biology to Support Diversity in Physics.” Contributed Talk, National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference. (March 2014): Pittsburgh, PA.

Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Sources of affect in interdisciplinary sense making.” Contributed Talk, International Conference of the Learning Sciences. (June 2014): Boulder, CO.

Gouvea, J.S., Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V. and Turpen, C. “In biology we never explain: The construction of epistemological stances in course experiences.” Contributed Poster, Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Explanatory coherence in an introductory physics for life scientists course.” Contributed Talk and Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Chemical energy in introductory physics for the life sciences.” Contributed Talk and Poster, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Explanatory coherence in an introductory physics for life scientists course.” Contributed Poster, Gordon Research Conference. (2014): South Hadley, MA.

Sawtelle, V., Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J., Redish, E.F. and Turpen, C. “Beyond the Numbers: Finding Mechanisms to Support Diversity.” Contributed Talk, AAPT National Meeting. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Sawtelle, V., Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J., Redish, E.F. and Turpen, C. “Designing and refining physics for biologists: The scaling up process.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2014): Minneapolis, MN.

Lin, S., Douglas, S.S., Aiken, J.M., Liu, C., Greco, E.F., Thoms, B.D., Caballero, M.D. and Schatz, M.F.“Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in an Introductory Physics MOOC.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2014): 163-166.

Douglas, S.S., Lin, S., Aiken, J.M., Thoms, B.D., Greco, E.F., Caballero, M.D. and Schatz, M.F.“Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in a Blended Introductory Physics Course.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2014): 75-78.

Aiken, J.M., Lin, S., Douglas, S.S., Greco, E.F., Thoms, B.D., Caballero, M.D. and Schatz, M.F.“Student Use of a Single Lecture Video in a Flipped Introductory Mechanics Course.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2014): 19-22.

Laverty, J.T., Tessmer, S.H., Cooper, M.M. and Caballero, M.D.“Engaging Physics Faculty in Course Transformation.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2014): 147-150.

Doughty, L. and M.D. Caballero. “Rubric Design for Separating the Roles of Open-Ended Assessments.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2014): 71-74.

Caballero, M.D., Burk, J.B., Aiken, J.M., Douglas, S.S., Scanlon, E.M., Thoms, B.D. and Schatz, M.F.“Integrating Numerical Computation into the Modeling Instruction Curriculum.” Phys. Teach. 52.38 (2014).

Ding, L. and Caballero, M.D.“Uncovering the hidden meaning of cross-curriculum comparison results on the Force Concept Inventory.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 10 (2014).

Traxler, A., Mahadeo, J., McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “Multiple Representations and Epistemic Games in Introductory Physics Exam Solutions.” PERC Conf. Proc. (American Association of Physics Teachers). (2014): 247-250.

McPadden, D. and Brewe, E. “The Impacts of Instructor and Student Gender on Student Performance in Introductory Modeling Instruction Courses.” PERC Conf. Proc. (American Association of Physics Teachers). (2014): 183-186.

Modir, B., Irving, P.W., Wolf, S. F. and Sayre, E.C.“Learning about the Energy of a Hurricane System through an Estimation Epistemic Game.” Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2014, AIP Conference Proceedings. (2014).

Wolf, S. F., Doughty L., Irving, P.W., Sayre, E.C. and Caballero, M. D.“Just Math: A new epistemic frame.” Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2014, AIP Conference Proceedings. (2014).

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Conditions for building a community of practice in an advanced physics laboratory.” Physics Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 10 (2014): 010109.

Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Like dissolves like: Unpacking student reasoning about thermodynamic heuristics.” Proceedings of the 2013 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2014): 157-160.

Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Negative energy: Why interdisciplinary physics requires multiple ontologies.” Proceedings of the 2013 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers. (2014): 129-132.

Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Gouvea, J.S.“Harnessing Affinity Towards Biology to Support Diversity in Physics.” Proceedings of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference. (2014).

Redish, E.F., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. “The role physics can play in a multi-disciplinary curriculum for non- physics scientists and engineers.” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Mathematics and Science Education Research Conference. (2014).

Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V. and Turpen, C. “Sources of Affect around Interdisciplinary Sense Making.” Proceedings of the International Conferences of the Learning Sciences. (2014).

Redish, E.F, Bauer, C., Carleton, K.L, Cooke, T.J., Cooper, M., Crouch, C.H., Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B., Giannini, J., Gouvea, J.S., Klymkowsky, M.W., Losert, W., Moore, K., Presson, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Thompson, K. “NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists.” Amer. J. Phys. 82. (2014): 368–377.

Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Entropy and Spontaneity in an Introductory Physics Course for the Life Science Students.” Amer. J. Phys. 82. (2014): 394-402.

Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“Chemical Energy in an Introductory Physics Course for the Life Sciences.” Amer. J. Phys. 82. (2014): 403-411.

Dreyfus, B. W., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F.“A Vision of Interdisciplinary Education: Students’ Reasoning about ‘High-Energy Bonds’ and ATP.” Phys. Rev. ST—Phys. Educ. Res. 10. 010115 (2014).

Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D, Gouvea, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C. and Redish, E.F., “Ontological metaphors for negative energy in an interdisciplinary context.” Phys. Rev. ST—Phys. Educ. Res. 10. 020108 (2014).

K. Hinko, J. Seneca, N.D. Finkelstein. “Use of Scientific Language by University Physics Students Communicating to the Public.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2014).

A.-M. Hoskinson, B. Couch, B. Zwickl, K. Hinko and M. Caballero. “Bridging Physics and Biology Teaching through Modeling.” American Journal of Physics 82.5 (2014).

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2013

X. Wu, P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Students’ scientific practices in Advanced Lab.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2013): Portland, OR.

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Undergraduate Research and Identity Development.” Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (January 2013): New Orleans, LA.

P.W. Irving. “Coming Out of the Physics Closet.” Contributed Talk, AAPT – American Association of Physics Teachers Summer meeting. (July 2013): Portland, OR.

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Multiple pathways to the development of a physics identity.” Invited Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2013): Portland, OR.

K. Hinko. “Informal Science Participation Positively Affects the Communication and Pedagogical Skills of University Physics Students.” Contributed Talk, American Physical Society, April Meeting. (April 2013).

K. Hinko. “Characterizing Physics Students’ Scientific Communication Skills for Non-expert Audiences.” Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting. (July 2013).

Aiken, J.M., Lin, S., Douglas, S.S., Greco, E.F., Thoms, B.D., Schatz, M.F. and Caballero, M.D.“The Initial State of Students Taking an Introductory Physics MOOC.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2013): 53–56.

Caballero, M.D. and Pollock, S.J.“Assessing Student Learning in Middle-Division Classical Mechanics/Math Methods.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. (2013): 81–84.

Hoskinson, A-M., Caballero, M.D. and Knight, J. “Can we improve problem solving in biology? Lessons from 30 years of physics education research.” CBE – LSE 12.153 (2013).

Wilcox, B.R., Caballero, M.D. and Pollock, S.J.“Analytic framework for students’ use of mathematics in upper-division physics.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 9.020119 (2013).

Mashood, K.K. and Vijay A. Singh. “Development of a concept inventory in rotational kinematics: Initial phases and some methodological concerns.” In Nagarjuna et. al .(Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME 5 – International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Mumbai, India: Cinnamonteal. (2013).

Mashood, K.K. and Vijay A. “Singh Large-scale studies on the transferability of general problem-solving skills and the pedagogic potential of physics.” Physics Education (IOP-UK) 48 (2013): 629-635.

Chen, Y., Irving, P.W., and Sayre, E.C.“An epistemic game for answer making in learning about hydrostatics.” Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research 9.1 (2013): 010108.

Irving, P.W., Martinuk, M.“S.” and Sayre, E.C.“Transitions in students’ epistemic framing along two axes: Expansive/Narrow and Serious/Silly.” Physical Review Special Topics- Physics Education Research 9.1 (2013): 01011.

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Physics Identity Development: A snapshot of the stages of development of upper-level physics students.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 13.4 (2013).

R. Neideritter and K. Hinko. “Using Physics Lab Tours for Pre-College Students To Promote Scientific Identity.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2013).

X. Cid, N. Samuels, K. Hinko, B. Lunk and A. Gupta. “Report from Working Group on “Societal Concerns and PER” from FFPER 2013”, Forum on Physics Education, American Physical Society. Fall Newsletter (2013).

http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2013/upload/fall13.pdf

R. Wulf, K. Hinko and N.D. Finkelstein. “Comparing Mechanistic Reasoning in Open and Guided Physics Inquiry Activities.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2013).

2012

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Upper level physics students conceptions of understanding.” Contributed Poster, Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2012): Philadelphia, PA.

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Teaching Assistant Interventions that Produce Sense Making Activities.” Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting. (July 2012): Philadelphia, PA.

E.C. Sayre and P.W. Irving. “Unprompted student-driven metacognitive data from two distinctly different sources.” Contributed Talk, 5th Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group 16: Metacognition. (September 2012).

P.W. Irving and E.C. Sayre. “Epistemological Framing: Asynchronous Individuals in Group Problem Solving.” Poster, Symposium on Sensemaking, Answermaking, and Resource Coordination across the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum at the Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group: Conceptual Change. (August 2012).

McPadden, D. and Sayre, E. “Vectors in the Time of Scalars.” Contributed Poster, Annual Physics Education Research Conference. (July 2012): Philadelphia, PA.

Aiken, J.M., Caballero, M.D., Douglas, S.S., Burk, J.B., Scanlon, E.M., Thoms, B.D., Schatz, M.F.“Understanding Student Computational Thinking with Computational Modeling.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. 1513 (2012): 46–49.

Wilcox, B.R., Caballero, M.D., Pepper, R.E. and Pollock, S.J.“Upper-division Student Understanding of Coulomb’s Law: Difficulties with Continuous Charge Distributions.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. 1513 (2012): 418–421.

Caballero, M.D., Wilcox, B.R., Pepper, R.E. and Pollock, S.J.“ACER: A Framework on the Use of Mathematics in Upper-division Physics.” Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference. 1513 (2012): 90–93.

Caballero, M.D., Kohlmyer, M.A., Schatz, M.F., et al. “Comparing large lecture mechanics curricula using the Force Concept Inventory: A five thousand student study.” Am. J. Phys. 80.7 (2012).

Caballero, M.D., Kohlmyer, M.A. and Schatz, M.F.“Implementing and assessing computational modeling in introductory mechanics.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8.020106 (2012).

Chasteen, S.V., Pepper, R.E., Caballero, M.D., Pollock, S.J. and Perkins, K.K.“The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) diagnostic: A conceptual assessment for the junior level.” Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8.020108 (2012).

Mashood K. K. and Vijay A. Singh. “Variation in angular velocity and angular acceleration of a particle in rectilinear motion.” European Journal of Physics 33 (2012): 473-478.

Mashood K. K. and Vijay A. Singh. “Rotational kinematics of a particle in rectilinear motion: Perceptions and pitfalls.” American Journal of Physics 80.8 (2012): 720-723.

Mashood K. K. and Vijay. A. Singh. “An inventory on rotational kinematics of a particle: Unraveling misconceptions and pitfalls in reasoning.” European Journal of Physics 33 (2012): 1301-1312.

Chari, D., Irving, P., Howard, R., and Bowe, B. “Identifying Knowledge, Skill and Competence for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research: A Study of Postgraduate Researchers’ Experiences.” International Journal of Engineering Education 28.5 (2012): 1046- 1055.

Irving, P.W. and Sayre, E.C.“Upper Level Physics Students Conceptions Of Understanding.” Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2012, AIP Conference Proceedings. (2012).

Wulf, K. Hinko and N.D. Finkelstein, “Promoting Children’s Agency and Communication Skills in an Informal Science Program.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2012).

Hinko and N.D. Finkelstein. “Impacting University Physics Students Through Participation in Informal Science.” Physics Ed. Res. Conf. Proceedings, AIP Press. (2012).