Paula Heron

Q: What Schools Are Affiliated With Paula Heron

Paula Heron is affiliated with the following schools: University of Western Ontario, University of California, Berkeley, Seattle Pacific University, Stanford University, University of Washington

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#11487

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Particle Physics

#516

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#541

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According to Wikipedia, Paula R. L. Heron is a Canadian-American physics educator who works as a professor of physics at the University of Washington. Education Heron has bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the University of Ottawa in 1990 and 1991. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario in 1995.

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Paula Heron's Published Works

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Student understanding of the ideal gas law, Part I: A macroscopic perspective (2005) (143)
Helping students develop an understanding of Archimedes' principle. I. Research on student understanding (2003) (110)
Addressing student difficulties in applying a wave model to the interference and diffraction of light (1999) (96)
Helping students develop an understanding of Archimedes' principle. II. Development of research-based instructional materials (2003) (87)
Development and assessment of a research-based tutorial on light and shadow (1998) (86)
Student Understanding of Light as an Electromagnetic Wave: Relating the Formalism to Physical Phenomena. (1999) (75)
Development and assessment of research-based tutorials on heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics (2006) (69)
Student Understanding of Control of Variables: Deciding Whether or Not a Variable Influences the Behavior of a System (2008) (57)
The future of physics education research: Intellectual challenges and practical concerns (2005) (56)
Improving the preparation of K-12 teachers through physics education research (2006) (51)
Student understanding of static equilibrium: Predicting and accounting for balancing (2005) (44)
Student ability to apply the concepts of work and energy to extended systems (2009) (41)
Student understanding of energy: Difficulties related to systems (2012) (40)
"LIKE A FAMILY": WHAT WORKS TO CREATE FRIENDLY AND RESPECTFUL STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS (2004) (38)
Student understanding of wave behavior at a boundary: The relationships among wavelength, propagation speed, and frequency (2012) (34)
WHAT WORKS? INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS (2003) (32)
Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Development of research-based and research-validated curriculum by the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington (2008) (26)
Student understanding of wave behavior at a boundary: The limiting case of reflection at fixed and free ends (2011) (25)
Preparing physics students for 21st-century careers (2017) (21)
Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Learning in Geometrical Optics: The Role of Research (1998) (19)
Probing student reasoning approaches through the lens of dual-process theories: A case study in buoyancy (2018) (19)
Student difficulties measuring distances in terms of wavelength: Lack of basic skills or failure to transfer? (2013) (17)
Student understanding of the angular momentum of classical particles (2011) (17)
Student conceptual resources for understanding mechanical wave propagation (2018) (16)
Student understanding of the application of Newton's second law to rotating rigid bodies (2013) (16)
Local moment magnetism of fcc FeNi alloys I. Cluster-method mean field theory (1995) (16)
Research as a guide for improving student learning: An example from momentum conservation (2010) (15)
Effect of lecture instruction on student performance on qualitative questions (2015) (14)
Research as a Guide to Improving Student Learning : An Example from Introductory Physics (2005) (12)
General method for applying mean field theory to disordered magnetic alloys (1993) (11)
A vertical pathway for teaching and learning the concept of energy (2012) (11)
Investigating student ability to apply basic electrostatics concepts to conductors (2013) (10)
Intuitive or rational? Students and experts need to be both (2021) (5)
2004 Physics Education Research Conference (2005) (5)
Student performance on conceptual questions: Does instruction matter? (2012) (4)
Preparing Physics Students for 21st Century Careers: Recommendations from the PHYS21 Report (2018) (4)
Teaching and learning the concept of energy at 14 years old (2009) (4)
Phys21: Preparing Physics Students for 21st Century Careers (2017) (4)
Empirical Investigations of Student Understanding (2004) (4)
Research as a guide to improving student learning in physics (1999) (3)
Designing research-based instructional materials that leverage dual-process theories of reasoning: Insights from testing one specific, theory-driven intervention (2020) (3)
Improving the preparation of K-12 teachers: Contributions from physics education research (2006) (3)
A Call to the AAPT Executive Board and Publications Committee to Expand Publication of Physics Education Research Articles within the American Journal of Physics (2003) (2)
Theory Of Spin Waves In Heisenberg Ferromagnetic And Antiferromagnetic Thin Films With Nonuniaxial Single-ion Anisotropy (1995) (2)
Teaching about energy. Which concepts should be taught at which educational level (2014) (2)
Testing alternative explanations for common responses to conceptual questions: An example in the context of center of mass (2017) (2)
Towards a research program in designing and evaluating teaching materials: An example from dc resistive circuits in introductory physics (2020) (2)
Impetus-Like Reasoning as Continuous with Newtonian Physics (2021) (1)
Is a Simple Measurement Task a Roadblock to Student Understanding of Wave Phenomena (2013) (1)
Pulses as not-objects: student responses to a new question about the superposition of mechanical waves (2019) (1)
Research on Student Learning of Rigid Body Dynamics (2005) (1)
Development And Assessment Of Tutorials For Introductory Engineering Dynamics (2004) (1)
Assessing the impact of a computer simulation in conjunction with Tutorials in Introductory Physics on conceptual understanding (2014) (1)
Improving student learning: the dual roles of conceptual understanding and reasoning ability (2022) (0)
Do student perceptions of teaching effectiveness align with objective measures of learning (2016) (0)
Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research 2009 (2010) (0)
Students’ context-sensitive use of conceptual resources: A pattern across different styles of question about mechanical waves (2021) (0)
The NRC Study of Undergraduate Physics Education: The role, status and outlook for physics education research (2013) (0)
Types of explanations students use to explain answers to conceptual physics questions (2020) (0)
Impetus-Force-Like Drawings May Be Less Common Than You Think (2022) (0)
University student conceptual resources for understanding forces (2018) (0)
2006 Physics Education Research Conference : Syracuse, New York, 26-27 July 2006 (2007) (0)
Content-Focused Research for Innovation in Teaching/Learning Electromagnetism: Approaches from GIREP Community (2016) (0)
Front Matter for Volume 818 (2006) (0)
Investigating Student Understanding of Control of Variables (2006) (0)
Improving Student Understanding of Vector Fields in Junior-Level E&M (2016) (0)
Back Matter for Volume 790 (2005) (0)
Designing and evaluating new approaches to instruction (2016) (0)
Education Metaphors We Live By (2016) (0)
2004 Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento, California, 4-5 August 2004 (2005) (0)
A case of resources-oriented instruction in calculus-based introductory physics (2020) (0)
A mean field method for disordered magnetic alloys with application to FCC iron-nickel. (1992) (0)
Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs (J-TUPP): Overview and Major Findings (2016) (0)
Improving student reasoning about advanced electrostatics concepts (2014) (0)
How do students explain their reasoning (2019) (0)
Student difficulties with the concept of work in introductory physics (2005) (0)
Research as a guide for developing curricula on waves and physical optics (2006) (0)
Grand Challenges in Physics Education Research: Teacher Preparation (2015) (0)
Helping students relate work and changes in energy (2006) (0)
Front Matter for Volume 790 (2005) (0)
Back Matter for Volume 883 (2007) (0)
Student understanding of balancing, mass distribution and center of mass (2017) (0)
Facilitating model-building of electrostatics concepts related to conductors (2015) (0)
Physics education research as a guide to professional development of teachers K-20 (2005) (0)
Changing how students think about rigid body dynamics (2004) (0)
Back Matter for Volume 818 (2006) (0)
2005 Physics Education Research Conference, Salt Lake City,10-11 August 2005 (2006) (0)
Discipline-Based Educational Research to Improve Active Learning at University (2021) (0)
Examining the productiveness of student resources in a problem-solving interview (2019) (0)
The Impact of NSF-funded Physics Education Research at the University of Washington (2015) (0)
Front Matter for Volume 883 (2007) (0)
Students' context-sensitive use of two kinds of conceptual resources for mechanical wave reflection (2020) (0)

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