Physics & Astronomy Research

General physics & astronomy


  • James Day & Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC), Wendy Adams (U. Northern Colorado), Carl Wieman & Daniel Schwartz (Stanford)
    Physics in Canada, Special Issue on Physics Education Research, 70 (2),in press(2014)

  • Natasha Holmes, Ido Roll, and Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Physics in Canada, Special Issue on Physics Education Research, 70 (2),in press(2014)
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    Georg Rieger, M. Sitwell, Jim Carolan, & Ido Roll (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Physics in Canada, Special Issue on Physics Education Research, 70 (2),in press(2014)
  • Preparing students for class: How to get 80% of students reading the textbook before class
    Cynthia Heiner (Physics, UBC), Amanda Banet (Zoology & Botany, UBC), & Carl Wieman
    American J. Physics, Vol. 82(10), pp. 989-996 (2014)

  • Jared Stang & Ido Roll (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Physical Review Special Topics -Physics Education Research, 10, 020117 (2014)

  • Ido Roll, Adriana Briseno, Nikki Yee, & Ashley Welsh (UBC)
    Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences,in press(2014)

  • Samad Kardan, Ido Roll, & Cristina Conati (UBC)
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems,in press(2014)
  • Examinations That Support Collaborative Learning: The 鶹Ժ’ Perspective
    Georg Rieger and Cynthia Heiner (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 41-47 (2014)
  • Physics Exams that Promote Collaborative Learning
    Carl Wieman, Georg Rieger, and Cynthia Heiner (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    The Physics Teacher, 52, pp. 51-53 (January 2014)

  • James Day, Natasha Holmes, Ido Roll, and Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 117-120 (2014)
    Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), Portland, OR, July 2013

  • Natasha Holmes and Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 185-188 (2014)
    Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), Portland, OR, July 2013
  • Making the failure more productive: scaffolding the invention process to improve inquiry behaviors and outcomes in invention activities
    Natasha Holmes, James Day, Anthony Park, Doug Bonn, and Ido Roll (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Instructional Science, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 523-538 (2014; pub online Nov 2013)

  • Ido Roll, Natasha Holmes, James Day, & Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Instructional Science, Vol. 40, pp. 691-710 (2012)
  • Exploring the Solar System with a Human Orrery
    Peter Newbury (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    The Physics Teacher (December 2010)
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  • Teaching Standard Deviation by Building from Student Invention
    James Day, Hiroko Nakahara, and Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    The Physics Teacher, 48 (November 2010)
    [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4cfEp2BgU]
  • Improving Student Attitudes about Learning Science and Student Scientific Reasoning Skills
    Douglas Duncan (Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, CU) and Leilani Arthurs (Geological Sciences, CU)
    Astronomy Education Review, Vol. 11 (1), 010102 (2012)
  • Development of the Concise Data Processing Assessment
    James Day and Doug Bonn (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, Vol. 7, 010114 (2011)

  • Louis Deslauriers, Ellen Schelew, and Carl Wieman (Physics & Astronomy and CWSEI, UBC)
    Science, Vol. 332, no. 6031 pp. 862-864 (May 2011)
  • Learning And Retention of Quantum Concepts with Different Teaching Methods
    Louis Deslauriers and Carl Wieman (Physics & Astronomy, UBC)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, Vol. 7, 010101 (2011)

General upper-division


  • Charles Baily, Michael Dubson, & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 61-64 (2014)

  • Bethany Wilcox, Marcos Caballero, Daniel Rehn, & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 9, 020119 (2013)
  • ACER: A Framework on the use of mathematics in upper-division physics,
    Marcos D. Caballero, Bethany Wilcox, Rachel Pepper and Steven Pollock (Physics, CU),
    PERC Proceedings 2012, AIP Press (2012).
  • Student Perspectives on Using Clickers in Upper-division Physics Courses
    Katherine K. Perkins and Chandra Turpen (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

  • Rachel Pepper, Stephanie Chasteen, Steven Pollock, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    2011 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 291-294 (2012)

  • Steven Pollock, Rachel Pepper, Stephanie Chasteen, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    2011 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 307-310 (2012)

  • Steven Pollock, Stephanie Chasteen, Michael Dubson, Katherine Perkins
    2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press

  • Kathy Perkins and Mindy Gratny (Physics, CU)
    2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press (Best Paper Award)

Advanced Laboratory


  • Benjamin Zwickl, Noah Finkelstein, & Heather Lewandowski (Physics, CU)
    American J. Physics, Vol. 82(9), pp. 876-882 (2014)

  • Benjamin Zwickl, Noah Finkelstein, & Heather Lewandowski (Physics, CU)
    2011 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 391-394 (2012)

Sophomore Math Methods / Classical Mechanics


  • Marcos Caballero and Steve Pollock (Physics, CU)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 81-84 (2014)

  • Marcos Caballero & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    American J. Physics, Vol. 82(3), pp. 231-237 (2014)

  • Steven Pollock, Rachel Pepper, & Alysia Marino (Physics, CU)
    2011 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 303-306 (2012)

Junior Quantum Mechanics


  • Homeyra Sadaghiani, John Miller, Steven Pollock, & Daniel Rehn (Physics, CU)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 319-322 (2014)

  • Mike Dubson, Steve Goldhaber, Steve Pollock, and Kathy Perkins (Physics, CU)
    2009 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press
  • Transforming Upper-Division Quantum Mechanics: Learning Goals and Assessment
    Steve Goldhaber, Steven Pollock, Mike Dubson, Paul Beale, and Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

Junior Electricity & Magnetism


  • Bethany Wilcox & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 365-368 (2014)

  • Bethany Wilcox, Marcos Caballero, Rachel Pepper, & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    2012 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1513, pp. 418-421 (2013)

  • Charles Baily, Michael Dubson, & Steven Pollock (Physics, CU)
    2012 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1513, pp. 54-57 (2013)

  • Stephanie Chasteen, Steven Pollock, Rachel Pepper, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    American J. Physics, Vol. 80, p. 923 (2012)

  • Stephanie Chasteen, Steven Pollock, Rachel Pepper, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 8, 020107 (2012)

  • Stephanie Chasteen, Rachel Pepper, Marcos Caballero, Steven Pollock, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 8, 020108 (2012)

  • Rachel Pepper, Stephanie Chasteen, Steven Pollock, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, Vol. 8, 010111 (2012)

  • Stephanie Chasteen, Rachel Pepper, Steven Pollock, Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    2011 Physics Education Research Conference (PERC) Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 139-142 (2012)

  • Stephanie Chasteen (Physics, CU)
    2011 PERC Proceedings, Vol. 1413, pp. 143-146 (2012)
  • A Thoughtful Approach to Instruction: Course transformation for the rest of us
    Stephanie Chasteen, Katherine Perkins, Paul Beale, Steven Pollock, & Carl Wieman (Physics, CU)
    Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 40, pp. 24-30 (2011)
  • Upper-Division 鶹Ժ' Difficulties With Ampere's Law
    Colin Wallace and Stephanie Chasteen (Physics, CU)
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, Vol. 6, 020115 (2010)

  • Rachel Pepper, Stephanie Chasteen, Steven Pollock, & Katherine Perkins (Physics, CU)
    2010 PERC Proceedings, AIP Press

  • Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)
    Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, MI (July 2009)

  • Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)
  • Longer term impacts of transformed courses on student conceptual understanding of E&M
    Steven J. Pollock and Stephanie V. Chasteen (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

  • Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock (Physics, CU)
    PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press (2008)

Posters and talks