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Affective learning in playful learning environments: Physics outreach challenges
(Board of Regents of the University of Colorado, 2011)This field report describes the affective learning experiences of students as they participate in two physics outreach challenges: the Physics Olympics and BC's Brightest Minds amusement park physics competition. Students ... -
Between the familiar and strange: Understanding good teaching in transnational education settings
(FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019)Little has been written about how or whether pre-service teachers construct understandings of good teaching during an international field placement; thus, a need arises to examine these contexts as sites to question, “How ... -
Extending the theoretical framing for physics education research: An illustrative application of complexity science
(American Physical Society, 2014-09-24)The viability of using complexity science in physics education research (PER) is exemplified by (1) situating central tenets of student persistence research in complexity science and (2) drawing on the methods that become ... -
Fostering K-12 student-teacher and collegial relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for teacher education
(Canadian Association for Teacher Education, 2022)This community-based participatory action research project was prompted by the rapid shift to emergency remote learning in March-June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of researchers at a regional ... -
Social media use among pre-service primary teachers
(TEIR Center, Duquesne University, 2013)This research explores preservice science teachers' social media practices as a first step in considering how to better utilize these tools in preservice teacher education. This is an important issue as these teachers ... -
Teaching introductory physics with an environmental focus
(AIP Publishing, 2010)Throughout North America the curriculum of introductory physics courses is nearly standardized. In 1992, Tobias wrote that four texts dominate 90% of the introductory physics market and current physics education research ...
