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 Students’ 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, ) and Leilani Arthurs (Geological Sciences, )
    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, )
    2013 PERC Proceedings, pp. 61-64 (2014)

  • Bethany Wilcox, Marcos Caballero, Daniel Rehn, & Steven Pollock (Physics, )
    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, ),
    PERC Proceedings 2012, AIP Press (2012).
  • Student Perspectives on Using Clickers in Upper-division Physics Courses
    Katherine K. Perkins and Chandra Turpen (Physics, )
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

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

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

Advanced Laboratory


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

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

Sophomore Math Methods / Classical Mechanics


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

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

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

Junior Quantum Mechanics


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

  • Mike Dubson, Steve Goldhaber, Steve Pollock, and Kathy Perkins (Physics, )
    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, )
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

Junior Electricity & Magnetism


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Stephanie Chasteen (Physics, )
    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, )
    Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 40, pp. 24-30 (2011)
  • Upper-Division Students' Difficulties With Ampere's Law
    Colin Wallace and Stephanie Chasteen (Physics, )
    Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, Vol. 6, 020115 (2010)

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

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

  • Stephanie V. Chasteen and Steven J. Pollock (Physics, )
    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, )
    PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009)

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

Posters and talks