Wendy Adams

Q: What Schools Are Affiliated With Wendy Adams

Wendy Adams is affiliated with the following schools: Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado Boulder, University of California, Berkeley, University of British Columbia, Stanford University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado

Wendy Adams's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings

Wendy Adams

Physics

#8362

World Rank

#10553

Historical Rank

#1923

USA Rank

physics Degrees

Download Badge

Physics

Wendy Adams's Degrees

Masters Physics Stanford University
Bachelors Physics University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Wendy Adams Influential?

(Suggest an Edit or Addition)

According to Wikipedia, Wendy K. Adams is an American physics educator. She is known for her work on interactive educational simulations of physics including the PhET Interactive Simulations project, on the effectiveness of peer discussions on conceptual understanding of physics, on measurement of student beliefs about physical concepts, on public beliefs about what it is like to be a physics teacher, and on other aspects of physics education. She is a research professor of physics in the Colorado School of Mines. and the Executive Director of Get the Facts Out a national multi-society effort to repair the reputation of the teaching profession.

(See a Problem?)

Wendy Adams's Published Works

Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works

Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author

Published Works

Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions (2009) (896)
New Instrument for Measuring Student Beliefs about Physics and Learning Physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. (2006) (622)
When learning about the real world is better done virtually: A study of substituting computer simulations for laboratory equipment (2005) (534)
Development and Validation of Instruments to Measure Learning of Expert‐Like Thinking (2011) (365)
PhET: Interactive Simulations for Teaching and Learning Physics (2006) (348)
PhET: Simulations That Enhance Learning (2008) (268)
A Study of Educational Simulations Part 1 - Engagement and Learning (2008) (185)
Modifying and Validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Use in Chemistry (2008) (165)
Teaching Physics Using PhET Simulations. (2010) (134)
Factors promoting engaged exploration with computer simulations (2010) (121)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Correlating Student Beliefs With Student Learning Using The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (2005) (116)
A Study of Educational Simulations Part II – Interface Design (2008) (103)
HighTech Tools for Teaching Physics: the Physics Education Technology Project (2006) (84)
Students know what physicists believe, but they don’t agree: A study using the CLASS survey (2008) (84)
What Levels of Guidance Promote Engaged Exploration with Interactive Simulations (2008) (75)
The Design and Validation of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (2005) (66)
Correlating Student Beliefs With Student Learning Using The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (2008) (62)
Analyzing the many skills involved in solving complex physics problems (2015) (58)
Can Computer Simulations Replace Real Equipment in Undergraduate Laboratories (2005) (46)
Student engagement and learning with PhET interactive simulations (2010) (35)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Towards characterizing the relationship between students’ interest in and their beliefs about physics (2006) (34)
Correlating Student Attitudes With Student Learning Using The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (2004) (22)
Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies (2007) (20)
Making On-line Science Course Materials Easily Translatable and Accessible Worldwide: Challenges and Solutions (2012) (15)
Computer simulations to classrooms: tools for change (2009) (14)
Measuring Students’ Beliefs about Physics in Saudi Arabia (2009) (14)
Development of a problem solving evaluation instrument; untangling of specific problem solving assets (2007) (12)
Chemistry vs. Physics: A Comparison of How Biology Majors View Each Discipline (2007) (12)
Characterizing Complexity of Computer Simulations and Implications for Student Learning (2010) (12)
On the Proper Use of Statistical Analyses; a Comment on "Evaluation of Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey" by Douglas et al (2015) (5)
AIP Conference Proceedings: The Design and Validation of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (2005) (4)
Student Choices when Learning with Computer Simulations (2009) (4)
Problem solving assessment (2012) (4)
Can students learn from PhET sims at home, alone? (2015) (4)
Making Science Simulations and Websites Easily Translatable and Available Worldwide : Challenges and Solutions (2010) (3)
Classroom Materials from the Acoustical Society of America (2013) (3)
Projectile Motion Hoop Challenge (2018) (3)
How does the type of guidance a ect student use of an interactive simulation ? (2009) (3)
Have a passion for teaching? Consider high school teaching (2019) (3)
Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession (2016) (3)
GFO copywrite: development and testing of written and visual materials for recruiting STEM teachers (2020) (2)
A Study of Interface Design for Engagement and Learning with Educational Simulations (2006) (2)
PhET simulations : Should we show the invisible ? (2009) (2)
FACTORS PROMOTING ENGAGED EXPLORATION WITH COMPUTER SIMULATIONS 2 Factors Promoting Engaged Exploration with Computer Simulations (2010) (2)
Sparking Curiosity: How Do You Know What Your Students Are Thinking? (2015) (1)
Fourier: Making Waves—An interactive simulation for visualizing fourier analysis (2011) (1)
Invention Activities : A Path to Expertise (2013) (1)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies (2007) (1)
College faculty support for grade 7-12 teaching careers: survey results and comparisons to student perceptions (2020) (1)
The Physics Education Technology Project: A New Suite of Physics Simulations (2004) (1)
Sparking Curiosity: Physical Science for Elementary Teachers (2017) (0)
PhET’s Research-based Guidelines for Design and Use of Interactive Simulations (2006) (0)
Students' Opinions of Physicists' Beliefs about Physics Versus Their Own (2007) (0)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Student Choices when Learning with Computer Simulations (2009) (0)
Preparing Undergrads to Teach (Well): The Colorado Learning Assistant Model (2008) (0)
Abstract Submitted for the MAR07 Meeting of The American Physical Society (2006) (0)
Correlating students' beliefs about physics with learning, retention, and recruitment (2007) (0)
Physics Teaching Myth Busters: Benefits compared to industry and university teaching (2017) (0)
Development and validation of a new survey: Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession (PTaP) (2017) (0)
Studying the importance of students' beliefs in physics education (2007) (0)
Research-based assessment instruments: Design, validation and interpretation (2014) (0)
Measuring the effect of instruction (2012) (0)
A research‐based approach to teaching the basic concepts of musical instruments with low cost instruments. (2011) (0)
The Physics Education Technology Project: Web-based interactive simulations to support student learning (2004) (0)
A comparison of student perceptions of the teaching profession at minority-serving and non-minority-serving institutions (2021) (0)
Research on student use of computer simulations (2009) (0)
The Teacher Education Alliance, Mines-UNC Partnership (TEAM-UP): Evolution and activities (2017) (0)
Colorado Assessment of Problem Solving (CAPS) -- Identifying student's problem solving skills (2009) (0)
Using interactive simulations to visualize Fourier analysis. (2011) (0)
Hands-on acoustics for public school students (2011) (0)
Integrating interactive simulations into demo sessions to help students visualize the invisible. (2011) (0)
Extensão do DNA ; Stretching DNA (2008) (0)
Getting the Facts Out About the STEM Teaching Profession (2020) (0)
Motores moleculares ; Molecular motors (2016) (0)
Using Computer Simulations to Foster Concept Generalization (2009) (0)
Validation Studies of a Physics Problem Solving Survey (2007) (0)
Sais e solubilidade ; Salts and solubility (2016) (0)
Measuring the e ect of showing the invisible in computer simulations (2009) (0)
Maybe we aren’t that different after all: Faculty perceptions of grade 7-12 teaching as a career (2020) (0)
Experimento de Rutherford ; Rutherford scattering (2016) (0)
Testing group composition within a studio learning environment (2018) (0)
Do Students Know What Physicists Think About Physics (2007) (0)
Faculty perceptions of grade 7-12 math and science teaching as a career: Evidence from a reduced-basis factor analysis of the PTAP.HE Instrument (2021) (0)
Faculty perception insights obtained from faculty interviews during the development of the Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession in Higher Education (PTaP.HE) instrument (2020) (0)
Skate e energia ; Energy skate park (2016) (0)
A multi-society partnership: Changing the conversation around STEM teacher recruitment. (2018) (0)
Making On-line Science Course Materials Easily Translatable and Accessible Worldwide: Challenges and Solutions (2010) (0)
Get the Facts Out: Changing the conversation around physics teacher recruitment (2019) (0)
Who is an Acoustician (2011) (0)

This paper list is powered by the following services:

Other Resources About Wendy Adams

en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With Wendy Adams?

Wendy Adams is affiliated with the following schools:

Wendy Adams's Academic­Influence.com Rankings