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Papers   (Jump to Talks presented by R. Scherr)
E. F. Redish, R. E. Scherr, and J. Tuminaro Reverse Engineering the Solution of a "Simple" Physics Problem: Why learning physics is harder than it looks preprint
   
R. Scherr  
and E. Redish
Newton's zeroth law:  Learning from listening to our students The Physics Teacher in Press
   
D. Hammer, A. Elby, R. Scherr, and E. F. Redish Resources, Framing, and Transfer to be published in Transfer of Learning: Research and Perspectives , J. Mestre, Ed., (Information Age Publishing, 2004)
   
R. Scherr Modeling student reasoning:  An example from special relativity Submitted to American Journal of Physics, November 2003
   
R. Scherr Gestures as evidence of student thinking in physics Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
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R. Scherr An implementation of Physics by Inquiry in a large-enrollment class Physics Teacher 41(2), 113-118, February 2003
   
R. Scherr,
P. Shaffer
and
S. Vokos
The challenge of changing deeply-held student beliefs about the relativity of simultaneity American Journal of Physics 70(12), pp. 1238-1248,
December 2002
   
R. Scherr
and
M. Wittmann
Epistemology mediating conceptual knowledge: Constraints on data accessible from interviews Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
August 2002
 
R. Scherr
and
M. Wittmann
The challenge of listening: The effect of researcher agenda on data collection and interpretation Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
August 2002
 
R. Scherr,
P. Shaffer
and
S. Vokos
Student understanding of time in special relativity: Simultaneity and reference frames Phys. Educ. Res., Am. J. Phys. Suppl. 69, S24-S35, July 2001
L. McDermott, P. Shaffer, and UW-PEG Tutorials in Introductory Physics, First Edition (Contributions) Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002    
L. McDermott and UW-PEG Physics by Inquiry, Volumes I & II (Contributions) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996    
Talks   (Return to top)
J. Tuminaro,
E. F. Redish, and
R. Scherr
Two kinds of student mathematical errors in physics: A theoretical perspective Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Miami Beach, Flordia, January 28,2004    
R. Scherr
and
J. Tuminaro
Student patterns of knowledge construction Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Miami Beach, Flordia, January 2004    
D. Hammer 
and
R. Scherr
An epistemological intervention with big results Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2003      
R. Scherr Gestures as evidence of student thinking about physics Invited talk presented at International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi," Varenna, Italy, July 2003      
R. Scherr Gestures as evidence of student thinking about physics Seminar presented to the Physics Education Research Group at The Ohio State University, March 3, 2003  
 
R. Scherr Questioning the questions: Playing with constraints in physics education research Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 14, 2003  
R. Scherr
and
M. Wittmann
The challenge of listening: Selective attention in clinical interveiws Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 13, 2003  
M. Wittmann
and
R. Scherr
Epistemology mediating conceptual knowledge: Constraints on data accessible from interviews Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 13, 2003  
N. Gillespie,
M. Wittmann,
and
R. Scherr
The negotiation of relevance: Student inference in clinical interviews Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 13, 2003  
R. Scherr,
A. Elby,
and
S. Snowman
Epistemological considerations in analogical modeling labs Contributed talk presented at AAPT Summer National Meeting,
Boise, Idaho
, August 5, 2002
 
R. Scherr
and
M. Wittman
The challenge of listening: An individual student interview about current flow Contributed talk presented at 2002 summer conference on Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching, June 25, 2002
   
R. Scherr Modeling student reasoning in physics: An example from special relativity Colloquium presented at the University of Maine, May 10, 2002
   
R. Scherr Coordinating theoretical models of student reasoning with evidence: An example from special relativity Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 22, 2002
   
R. Scherr An implementation of Physics by Inquiry in a large-enrollment class Invited talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Rochester, New York, July 22, 2001
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R. Scherr An investigation of student understanding of basic concepts in special relativity: Simultaneity and reference frames Ph.D. Final Exam presented at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, December 2000  
 
R. Scherr,
S. Vokos,
P. Shaffer
and
L. McDermott
The multi-layered nature of student difficulties: An example from special relativity Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, August 2000    
R. Scherr,
S. Vokos,
P. Shaffer
and
L. McDermott
Identifying student difficulties with measurement in special relativity: Measuring the time of an event Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, August 1999  
R. Scherr,
S. Vokos,
P. Shaffer
and
L. McDermott
Applying the results of research to curriculum development in Galilean and special relativity Contributed talk presented at APS Regional Meeting, Eugene, Oregon, May 1999    
R. Scherr,
S. Vokos,
P. Shaffer
and
L. McDermott
Identifying and addressing student difficulties in Galilean and special relativity: Length and length contraction Contributed talk presented at APS Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999    
R. Scherr,
A. Boudreaux,
S. Vokos,
and
L. McDermott
Identifying and addressing student difficulties in Galilean and special relativity: Simultaneity Contributed talk presented at AAPT National Meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 1998  
Posters   (Return to top)
R. Scherr Gestures as evidence of student thinking about physics Contributed poster presented at AAPT National Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2003      
R. Scherr Modeling student reasoning in physics: An example from special relativity Contributed poster presented at AAPT National Meeting, Boise, Idaho, August 2002   full size
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R. Scherr
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The challenge of listening: The effect of researcher agenda on data collection and interpretation Contributed poster presented at AAPT National Meeting, Boise, Idaho, August 2002   full size
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M. Wittmann
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Epistemology mediating conceptual knowledge: Constraints on data accessible from interviews Contributed poster presented at AAPT National Meeting, Boise, Idaho, August 2002   full size
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R. Scherr
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The challenge of listening: An individual student interview about current flow Contributed poster presented at 2002 conference on Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching,
June 2002
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R. Scherr,
S. Vokos,
P. Shaffer
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L.C. McDermott
The multi-layered nature of student difficulties: An example from special relativity Contributed poster presented at AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, August 2000   full size
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Dissertation   (Return to top)
R. Scherr An investigation of student understanding of basic concepts in special relativity Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Physics, University of Washington,
March 2001
   


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