University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group

Papers & Talks in the Project: Learning the Language of Science (DTS Project)

This page links to papers and talks from the UMD PERG, and UMD PERG alumni that arise from the research and development done for the project "Learning the Language of Science: Advanced Math for Concrete Thinkers."
 

Papers and Talks

Author(s)	Title	Reference	PDF	HTML	Abstract
Papers
T. J. Bing & E. F. Redish	Epistemic complexity and the journeyman-expert transition	Physical Review - Special Topics PER, in press, 12 pp. (2012)
T. J. Bing & E. F. Redish	Analyzing Problem Solving Using Math in Physics: Epistemological framing via warrants	Physical Review - Special Topics PER, 5, 020108 (2009) 15 pp.
E. F. Redish & A. Gupta	Making meaning with math in physics: A semantic analysis	Proc. of the GIREP Conf., Leicester, UK, Aug. 20, 2009, 020108 (2009) 15 pp.
R. K.-P. Zia, E. F. Redish, & S. R. McKay	Making sense of the Legendre transformation	Am. J. Phys. 77, 614-622 (2009)
E. F. Redish & K. A. Smith	Looking Beyond Content: Skill development for engineers	J. of Eng. Educ. 97, 295-307 (July 2008)
T. Bing & E. F. Redish	Symbolic manipulators affect mathematical mindsets	Am. J. Phys 76, 418-424 (2008)
T. Bing & E. F. Redish	Using warrants as a window to epistemic framing	in Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference, Edmonton, AB, July 2008 AIP Conf. Proc. 1064, 71-74 (2008)
A. Gupta, E. F. Redish, & D. Hammer	Coordination of Mathematical and Physics Resources by Physics Graduate Students	in Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 2007 AIP Conf. Proc. 951, 104-107 (2008).
J. Tuminaro & E. F. Redish	Elements of a cognitive model of physics problem solving: Epistemic games,	in Physical Review - Special Topics PER, 3 020101 (2007)
T. Bing & E. F. Redish	The cognitive blending of mathematics and physics knowledge	in Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse, NY, July 2006 AIP Conf. Proc. 883, 26-29 (2007)
E. F. Redish	Problem solving and the use of math in physics courses	To be published in Proceedings of the conference World View on Physics Education 2005, Delhi India
Dissertations    (Jump to Talks)
T. Bing	An Epistemic Framing Analysis of Upper-Level Physics Students' Use of Mathematics	PhD dissertation, U. of Maryland, 2008
J. Tuminaro	A cognitive framework for analyzing and describing introductory students' use and understanding of mathematics in physics	PhD dissertation, U. of Maryland, 2004
Presentations and Posters (Return to top)
E. F. Redish	New lenses on developing physics expertise	Invited talk at Conference on Upper Division PER, Wabash College, IN, August 7, 2010
E. F. Redish & T. J. Bing	Using Math in Physics: Warrants and Epistemological Framing	poster presented at GIREP 2009, Leicester, UK, 18. Aug. 2009
E. F. Redish & A. Gupta	Making Meaning with Math in Physics	contributed talk presented at GIREP 2009, Leicester, UK, 20. Aug. 2009
E. F. Redish & T. J. Bing	Do external mathematical tools affect how students think about physics?	invited talk presented at Gordon Research Conference, June 8, 2009, Bryant U., RI
E. F. Redish	Problem solving and the use of math in physics courses	colloquia given at numerous universities, 2004-2010

Work supported in part by a grant from the US National Science Foundation.

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Last modified January 25, 2012