1. Formative Assessment Materials
for Large-Enrollment Physics Lecture Classes, National Science
Foundation Award Abstract - #0243258.
2. Active-Learning Curricular Materials
for Fully Interactive Physics Lectures, National Science
Foundation Award Abstract - #0311450.
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3. Collaborative Research: Research on the Learning
and Teaching of Thermal Physics, National Science Foundation
Award Abstract - #0406724.
Ongoing Projects
1. Workbook for Introductory Physics [WORKBOOK FOR INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS: Instructors who would like to receive a free CD-ROM of the preliminary version of our active-learning curricular materials "Workbook for Introductory Physics, Part II" are invited to contact us via e-mail [at dem@iastate.edu] or phone.]
2. Bibliography on Thermodynamics
3. Listing of Physics Education Research papers published in
the American Journal of Physics since 1972
Previous Projects
1. Introductory Physics: A Pilot
Project for an Elementary Course based on Guided Inquiry, with the
Theme of "Energy," National Science Foundation Award Abstract
- #9354595.
2. Microcomputer-Based Curricular Enhancements for Elementary Physics,, National Science Foundation Award Abstract - #9650754.
3. Elementary Physics Course Based on Guided Inquiry, National Science Foundation Award Abstracts - #9653079 and #9896264.
4. Development of Active-Learning Curricular Materials in Thermodynamics for Physics and Chemistry, Iowa State University Center for Teaching Excellence - 1999-2000 Miller Faculty Fellow
5. Development of Active-Learning
Curricular Materials in Thermodynamics, National Science
Foundation Award Abstract - #9981140.
6. Active-Learning and Critical Thinking in Large-Enrollment Physics Courses, Iowa State University Center for Teaching Excellence - 2002-2003 Teaching Scholar.
7. Investigation of Diverse Representational
Modes in the Learning of Physics and Chemistry, National
Science Foundation Award Abstract - #0206683.