Focus Session: Research in Mathematics Education and Mathematics in Physics Education

Presentations

• School mathematics is largely useless for learning physics. But it needn't be.

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2010, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Patrick Thompson

    • Arizona State University

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• Using Student Reasoning in Mathematics Instruction

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Karen Marrongelle

    • Portland State University

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• Investigating Student Understanding of Physics Concepts and the Underlying Calculus Concepts in Thermodynamics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • John Thompson

    • University of Maine

  • Warren Christensen

    • North Dakota State University

  • Donald Mountcastle

    • University of Maine

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• Student understanding of calculus within physics and mathematics classrooms

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Warren Christensen

    • North Dakota State University

  • John Thompson

    • University of Maine

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• Student Understanding of Basic Probability Concepts in an Upper-Division Thermal Physics Course

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Michael Loverude

    • California State University Fullerton

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• Exploring Student Difficulties with Multiplicity and Probability in Statistical Physics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Donald Mountcastle

    • University of Maine

  • John Thompson

    • University of Maine

  • Trevor Smith

    • University of Maine

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