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Science Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computational Modeling in the Context of an Inquiry-Based Learning Module by Langbeheim, Elon, Perl, David, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…This study focuses on science teachers’ first encounter with computational modeling in professional development workshops. It examines the factors shaping the…”
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Physics teachers’ professional development on measurement uncertainty: A commognitive approach by Sivan, Ofek, Perl-Nussbaum, David, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…In this paper, we demonstrate the fruitfulness of a theoretical framework called , developed in the context of mathematics education research, for…”
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High School Students' Perceptions on the Relevance of Inquiry-Oriented Instructional Labs as Introduction to an Extended Research Project by Perl-Nussbaum, David, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…Inquiry practices can be integrated into various settings that differ in terms of their constraints and hence in the scope and depth of the practices that…”
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What Do Students Do when Asked to Diagnose Their Mistakes? Does It Help Them? I. An Atypical Quiz Context by Yerushalmi, Edit, Cohen, Elisheva, Mason, Andrew, Singh, Chandralekha

“…"Self-diagnosis tasks" are aimed at fostering diagnostic behavior by explicitly requiring students to present diagnosis as part of the activity of reviewing…”
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What Do Students Do when Asked to Diagnose Their Mistakes? Does It Help Them? II. A More Typical Quiz Context by Yerushalmi, Edit, Cohen, Elisheva, Mason, Andrew, Singh, Chandralekha

“…"Self-diagnosis tasks" aim at fostering students' learning in an examination context by requiring students to present diagnoses of their solutions to quiz…”
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Graduate Teaching Assistants' Views of Broken-into-Parts Physics Problems: Preference for Guidance Overshadows Development of Self-Reliance in Problem Solving by Good, Melanie, Marshman, Emily, Yerushalmi, Edit, Singh, Chandralekha

“…We examined physics graduate teaching assistants' views about introductory physics problem "types," i.e., different ways of posing the same underlying physics…”
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Physics Teaching Assistants' Views of Different Types of Introductory Problems: Challenge of Perceiving the Instructional Benefits of Context-Rich and Multiple-Choice Problems by Good, Melanie, Marshman, Emily, Yerushalmi, Edit, Singh, Chandralekha

“…Physics problems can be posed in different ways. Given a physics scenario, different problem types presenting that scenario in various ways can emphasize…”
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Shifting the Learning Gears: Redesigning a Project-Based Course on Soft Matter through the Perspective of Constructionism by Langbeheim, Elon, Abrashkin, Ariel, Steiner, Ariel, Edri, Haim, Safran, Samuel, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…This article describes the redesign of a project-based course on soft and biological materials to include computational modeling. Including the construction of…”
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Teaching Assistants' Beliefs regarding Example Solutions in Introductory Physics by Lin, Shih-Yin, Henderson, Charles, Mamudi, William, Singh, Chandralekha, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…As part of a larger study to understand instructors' considerations regarding the learning and teaching of problem solving in an introductory physics course,…”
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Evolution in students’ understanding of thermal physics with increasing complexity by Langbeheim, Elon, Safran, Samuel A., Livne, Shelly, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…We analyze the development in students’ understanding of fundamental principles in the context of learning a current interdisciplinary research topic—soft…”
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Supporting teachers who introduce curricular innovations into their classrooms: A problem-solving perspective by Yerushalmi, Edit, Eylon, Bat-Sheva

“…When classroom teachers introduce curricular innovations that conflict with their former deeply rooted practices, the teachers themselves experience a process…”
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Instructors' Reasons for Choosing Problem Features in a Calculus-Based Introductory Physics Course by Yerushalmi, Edit, Cohen, Elisheva, Heller, Kenneth, Heller, Patricia, Henderson, Charles

“…This study investigates how the beliefs and values of physics faculty influence their choice of physics problems for their students in an introductory physics…”
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Physics Faculty Beliefs and Values about the Teaching and Learning of Problem Solving. II. Procedures for Measurement and Analysis by Henderson, Charles, Yerushalmi, Edit, Kuo, Vince H, Heller, Kenneth, Heller, Patricia

“…To identify and describe the basis upon which instructors make curricular and pedagogical decisions, we have developed an artifact-based interview and an…”
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PROBLEM SOLVING VS. TROUBLESHOOTING TASKS: THE CASE OF SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS STUDYING SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS by Safadi, Rafi’, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…We compared the materialization of knowledge integration processes in class discussions that followed troubleshooting (TS) and problem-solving (PS) tasks and…”
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Interdisciplinary Dialogic Argumentation among Out-of-Field and In-Field Physics Teachers by Perl-Nussbaum, David, Schwarz, Baruch B, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…Out-of-field teaching is a global educational challenge. In particular, many teachers whose academic background and main teaching experience is in biology are…”
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Highlighting Considerations in Experimental Design: The Case of Multimeters by Levy, Smadar, Noga, Adi, Kapach, Zehorit, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…The instructional lab setting has been found to be dominated by prescribed tasks and pre-prepared lab kits. This was explained by teachers' need to guide…”
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Learning from Mistakes: The Effect of Students' Written Self-Diagnoses on Subsequent Problem Solving by Mason, Andrew, Yerushalmi, Edit, Cohen, Elisheva, Singh, Chandralekha

“…Helping students learn to think like a physicist is an important goal of many introductory physics courses. One characteristic distinguishing more experienced…”
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Knowledge Integration While Interacting with an Online Troubleshooting Activity by Yerushalmi, Edit, Puterkovsky, Menashe, Bagno, Esther

“…A troubleshooting activity was carried out by an e-tutor in two steps. First, students diagnosed a mistaken statement and then compared their diagnosis to a…”
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Visualizing the Entropy Change of a Thermal Reservoir by Langbeheim, Elon, Safran, Samuel A, Yerushalmi, Edit

“…When a system exchanges energy with a constant-temperature environment, the entropy of the surroundings changes. A lattice model of a fluid thermal reservoir…”
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Introductory-Level Course on Randomness and Order in Soft and Biological Matter by Langbeheim, Elon, Livne, Shelly, Schulman, Nava, Chabay, Ruth, Safran, Sam, Yerushalmi, Edit

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