Energy Project
Developed by: Hunter Close, Eleanor Close, Lezlie DeWater, Stamatis Vokos, Lane Seeley, Rachel Scherr, and Sam McKagan
Level
middle schoolhigh schoolintro collegeinter-mediateupper levelgrad school other
conceptual
middle schoolhigh schoolintro collegeinter-mediateupper levelgrad school other
conceptual
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Setting
Research
RESEARCH VALIDATION
Bronze ValidationThis is the third highest level of research validation, corresponding to:
- at least 1 of the "based on" categories
- at least 1 of the "demonstrated to improve" categories
- at least 1 of the "studied using" categories
Research Validation Summary
Based on Research Into:
- theories of how students learn
- student ideas about specific topics
Demonstrated to Improve:
- conceptual understanding
- problem-solving skills
- lab skills
- beliefs and attitudes
- attendance
- retention of students
- success of underrepresented groups
- performance in subsequent classes
Studied using:
- cycle of research and redevelopment
- student interviews
- classroom observations
- analysis of written work
- research at multiple institutions
- research by multiple groups
- peer-reviewed publication
References
- C. Alvarado, A. Daane, R. Scherr, and G. Zavala, Responsiveness Among Peers Leads to Productive Disciplinary Engagement, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, 2013.
- L. Atkins Elliott, C. Erstad, P. Gudeman, J. McGowan, K. Mulhern, K. Prader, G. Rodriguez, A. Showaker, and A. Timmons, Animating Energy: Stop-Motion Animation and Energy Tracking Representations, Phys. Teach. 52 (3), 152 (2014).
- E. Close, R. Scherr, H. Close, and S. McKagan, Development Of Proximal Formative Assessment Skills In Video-based Teacher Professional Development, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011.
- H. Close, L. DeWater, E. Close, R. Scherr, and S. McKagan, Using the Algebra Project Method to Regiment Discourse in an Energy Course for Teachers, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010.
- A. Daane, S. Vokos, and R. Scherr, Learner Understanding of Energy Degradation, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, 2013.
- A. Daane, S. Vokos, and R. Scherr, Conserving energy in physics and society: Creating an integrated model of energy and the second law of thermodynamics, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012.
- A. Daane, L. Wells, and R. Scherr, Energy Theater, Phys. Teach. 52 (5), 291 (2014).
- K. Gray and R. Scherr, Drawing energy: Evidence of Next Generation Science Standards for energy in diagrams, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, 2016.
- B. Harrer, R. Scherr, M. Wittmann, H. Close, and B. Frank, Elements of proximal formative assessment in learners' discourse about energy, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011.
- S. McKagan, R. Scherr, E. Close, and H. Close, Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011.
- R. Scherr, H. Close, E. Close, and S. Vokos, Representing energy. II. Energy tracking representations, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8 (2), 020115 (2012).
- R. Scherr, H. Close, and S. McKagan, Intuitive ontologies for energy in physics, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011.
- R. Scherr, H. Close, S. McKagan, and E. Close, “Energy Theater”: Using The Body Symbolically To Understand Energy, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010.
- R. Scherr, H. Close, S. McKagan, and S. Vokos, Representing energy. I. Representing a substance ontology for energy, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8 (2), 020114 (2012).
- R. Scherr, B. Harrer, H. Close, A. Daane, L. DeWater, A. Robertson, L. Seeley, and S. Vokos, Energy Tracking Diagrams, Phys. Teach. 54 (2), 96 (2016).
- L. Seeley, Assessing for shifts in learner's energy reasoning strategies, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, 2013.
- L. Seeley, K. Gray, and A. Robertson, Energy Cubes, Phys. Teach. 59 (2), 89 (2021).
