selected publications
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conference proceeding
- Applying the results of education research to help students learn more. Integrative and Comparative Biology. E141-E141. 2015
- Interactive learning using PhET chemistry simulations. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Teaching green chemistry and sustainability with PhET Interactive Simulations. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Effects of guidance on student engagement with an interactive simulation. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- PhET Interactive Simulations: Research and design for chemistry teaching and learning tools. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Interactive simulation use by small groups in a large lecture setting: Student use and perceptions. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Affordances of Play for Student Agency and Student-Centered Pedagogy. AIP Conference Proceedings. 306-309. 2012
- Insights from using PhET\'s design principles for chemistry simulations. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- But Does It Last? Sustaining a Research-Based Curriculum in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism. AIP Conference Proceedings. 139-142. 2011
- Context Dependence of Teacher Practices in Middle School Science. AIP Conference Proceedings. 299-302. 2011
- Facilitating Faculty Conversations: Development of Consensus Learning Goals. AIP Conference Proceedings. 291-294. 2011
- An interactive optical tweezers simulation for science education. Proceedings of SPIE. 2010
- Characterizing Complexity of Computer Simulations and Implications for Student Learning. AIP Conference Proceedings. 257-260. 2010
- Our best juniors still struggle with Gauss's Law: Characterizing their difficulties. AIP Conference Proceedings. 245-+. 2010
- The use of concept tests and peer instruction in upper-division physics. AIP Conference Proceedings. 261-+. 2010
- Who Becomes a Physics Major? A Long-term Longitudinal Study Examining the Roles of Pre-college Beliefs about Physics and Learning Physics, Interest, and Academic Achievement. AIP Conference Proceedings. 253-+. 2010
- Computer simulations to classrooms: tools for change. AIP Conference Proceedings. 233-236. 2009
- Student Perspectives on Using Clickers in Upper-division Physics Courses. AIP Conference Proceedings. 225-+. 2009
- Assessing the effectiveness of a computer simulation in introductory undergraduate environments. AIP Conference Proceedings. 121-+. 2006
- Chemistry vs. physics: A comparison of how biology majors view each discipline. AIP Conference Proceedings. 53-+. 2006
- Reforming a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors using a PER-based design. AIP Conference Proceedings. 34-+. 2006
- Assessing the effectiveness of a computer simulation in conjunction with Tutorials in Introductory Physics in undergraduate physics recitations. AIP Conference Proceedings. 109-+. 2005
- Towards characterizing the relationship between students' interest in and their beliefs about physics. AIP Conference Proceedings. 137-+. 2005
- Can computer simulations replace real equipment in undergraduate laboratories?. AIP Conference Proceedings. 101-104. 2004
- Correlating student beliefs with student learning using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. AIP Conference Proceedings. 61-64. 2004
- The design and validation of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. AIP Conference Proceedings. 45-48. 2004
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journal article
- Educational transformation in upper-division physics: The Science Education Initiative model, outcomes, and lessons learned. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2015
- PhET Interactive Simulations: Transformative Tools for Teaching Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. 1191-1197. 2014
- How guidance affects student engagement with an interactive simulation. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 628-638. 2014
- PhET Interactive Simulations: Using research-based simulations to transform undergraduate chemistry education. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Interactive simulations as implicit support for guided-inquiry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 257-268. 2013
- Thinking like a physicist: A multi-semester case study of junior-level electricity and magnetism. American Journal of Physics. 923-930. 2012
- Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics diagnostic: A conceptual assessment for the junior level. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2012
- Transforming the junior level: Outcomes from instruction and research in E&M. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2012
- Observations on student difficulties with mathematics in upper-division electricity and magnetism. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2012
- Making On-line Science Course Materials Easily Translatable and Accessible Worldwide: Challenges and Solutions. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 1-10. 2012
- Design and validation of the Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Survey. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2010
- Factors promoting engaged exploration with computer simulations. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2010
- A research-based curriculum for teaching the photoelectric effect. American Journal of Physics. 87-94. 2009
- PHYSICS PhET: Simulations That Enhance Learning. Science. 682-683. 2008
- Modifying and validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for use in chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. 1435-1439. 2008
- Developing and researching PhET simulations for teaching quantum mechanics. American Journal of Physics. 406-417. 2008
- Oersted Medal Lecture 2007: Interactive simulations for teaching physics: What works, what doesn't, and why. American Journal of Physics. 393-399. 2008
- Deeper look at student learning of quantum mechanics: The case of tunneling. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2008
- Students know what physicists believe, but they don't agree: A study using the CLASS survey. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2008
- Why we should teach the Bohr model and how to teach it effectively. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2008
- A powerful tool for teaching science. Nature Physics. 290-292. 2006
- New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2006
- When learning about the real world is better done virtually: A study of substituting computer simulations for laboratory equipment. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. 2005
- Quantifying the rate of heterogeneous processing in the Arctic polar vortex with in situ observations of OH. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2002
- Sources, sinks, and the distribution of OH in the lower stratosphere. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A: Isolated Molecules, Clusters, Radicals, and Ions; Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry, and Astrochemistry; Theory. 1543-1553. 2001
- The NOx-HNO3 system in the lower stratosphere: Insights from in situ measurements and implications of the J(HNO3)-[OH] relationship. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A: Isolated Molecules, Clusters, Radicals, and Ions; Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry, and Astrochemistry; Theory. 1521-1534. 2001
- Inorganic chlorine partitioning in the summer lower stratosphere: Modeled and measured [ClONO2]/[HCl] during POLARIS. Journal of Geophysical Research. 1713-1732. 2001
- Quantitative constraints on the atmospheric chemistry of nitrogen oxides: An analysis along chemical coordinates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 24283-24304. 2000
- Ozone destruction and production rates between spring and autumn in the Arctic stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 2605-2608. 2000
- An examination of the inorganic chlorine budget in the lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 1957-1971. 2000
- Carbonaceous aerosol (Soot) measured in the lower stratosphere during POLARIS and its role in stratospheric photochemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 26753-26766. 1999
- Comparison of modeled and observed values of NO2 and JNO2 during the Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region in Summer (POLARIS) mission. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 26687-26703. 1999
- The budget and partitioning of stratospheric chlorine during the 1997 Arctic summer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 26653-26665. 1999
- The coupling of ClONO2, ClO, and NO2 in the lower stratosphere from in situ observations using the NASA ER-2 aircraft. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 26705-26714. 1999
- Twilight observations suggest unknown sources of HOx. Geophysical Research Letters. 1373-1376. 1999