Publications of the Rutgers PAER Group

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Etkina, E. (2010). Pedagogical content knowledge and preparation of high school physics teachers. Physical Review Special Topics Physics Education Research, 6, 020110.
• Etkina, E., Karelina, A., Ruibal-Villasenor, M., Jordan, R., Rosengrant, D., & Hmelo-Silver, C. (2010). Design and reflection help students develop scientific abilities: Learning in introductory physics laboratories, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19, 1, 54-98.
• Brookes, D. & Etkina, E. (2009). Force, ontology and language. Physical Review, Special Topics, Physics Education Research, 5, 010110.
• Etkina, E., Karelina, A., Murthy, S., & Ruibal-Villasenor, M. (2009). Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research. Physical Review. Special Topics, Physics Education Research, 5, 010109.
• Rosengrant, D., Van Heuvelen, A., & Etkina, E. (2009). Do students use and understand free body diagrams? Physical Review, Special Topics, Physics Education Research, 5, 010108.
• Etkina, E., Karelina, A., & Ruibal-Villasenor, M. (2008). How long does it take? A study of student acquisition of scientific abilities. Physical Review, Special Topics, Physics Education Research, 4, 020108.
• Goodman, R. & Etkina, E. (2008). Squaring the Circle: A mathematically rigorous Physics First. The Physics Teacher, 46 (4), 222-229.
• Monet, J. & Etkina, E. (2008). Fostering self-reflection and meaningful learning: Earth science professional development for middle school science teachers. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 19, 455-475.
• Brookes, D. T. & Etkina, E. (2007). Using conceptual metaphor and functional grammar to explore how language used in physics affects student learning. Physical Review, Special Topics, Physics Education Research, 3, 010105.
• Etkina, E., Van Heuvelen, A., White-Brahmia, S., Brookes, D.T., Gentile, M., Murthy, S. Rosengrant, D., & Warren, A. (2006) Developing and assessing student scientific abilities. Physical Review. Special Topics, Physics Education Research. 2, 020103.
• Etkina, E., Murthy, S., & Zou, X. (2006). Using introductory labs to engage students in experimental design. American Journal of Physics. 74, 979-982.
• Etkina, E. (2005). Physics teacher preparation: Dreams and reality. Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, 3(2), 3-9.
• Etkina, E., Warren, A., & Gentile, M. (2005). The role of models in physics instruction. The Physics Teacher, 44 (1), 34-39.
• Shapiro, Joel A. (2005) An Algebra Subsystem for Diagnosing Students' Input in a Physics Tutoring System Intern. J. of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 15(3) IOS Press, pp 205-228.
• VanLehn, Kurt, Lynch, Collin, Schulze, Kay, Shapiro, Joel A., Shelby, Robert, Taylor, Linwood, Treacy, Don, Weinstein, Anders, Wintersgill, Mary (2005)The Andes Physics Tutoring System: Lessons Learned, International Journal of AI in Education, vol 15(3), IOS Press, pp 147-204.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E. (2005) Determining the Dimensions of Variables in Physics Algebraic Equations, (invited paper) International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools 14(1&2) pp 25--41.
• Etkina, E., Matilsky, T., & Lawrence, M. (2003). What can we learn from pushing to the edge? Rutgers Astrophysics Institute motivates talented high school students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (10), 958-985.
• Harper, K., Etkina, E., & Lin, Y. (2003). Encouraging and analyzing student questions in a large physics course: Meaningful patterns for instructors. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (8), 776-791.
• May, D. & Etkina, E. (2002). College physics students' epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning. American Journal of Physics, 70 (12), 1249-1258.
• Etkina, E., Van Heuvelen, A., Brookes, D. & Mills, D. (2002). Role of experiments in physics instruction – A process approach. The Physics Teacher, 40 (6), 351-355.
• Etkina, E. & Andre, K. (2002). Weekly Reports: Student reflections on learning. Journal of College Science Teaching, 31 (7), 476-480.
• Brahmia, S. & Etkina, E. (2001). Switching students on to science: An innovative course design for physics students. Journal of College Science Teaching, 31 (3), 183-188.
• Etkina, E. (2000). Helping graduate assistants teach physics: Problems and solutions. Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 7(3), 123-137.
• Etkina, E. (2000). How Russian physics teachers are prepared. The Physics Teacher, 38 (10), 3-4.
•  Etkina, E. (2000). Weekly Reports: A two-way feedback tool. Science Education 84, 594-605.
• Etkina, E. & Ehrenfeld, D. (2000). Helping ecology students to read: The use of reading reports. BioScience, 50 (7), 602-608.
• Etkina, E. & G. K. Horton (2000). The minilab as a tool in physics instruction. The Physics Teacher, 38 (3), 136-139.
• Etkina, E., Lawrence, M., & Charney, J. (1999). Introducing astrophysics research to high school students. Physics Education, 34 (5), 300-305.
• Etkina, E., Gibbons, K., Holton, B., & Horton, G. (1999). Lessons learned: A case study of an integrated way of teaching introductory physics to at-risk students at Rutgers University. American Journal of Physics, 67 (9), 810-818.
• Etkina, E. (1999). How to help postgrads to teach. Physics World, 12 (8), 15-16.
• Paik, S. & Etkina, E. (1999). The analysis of teacher evaluation systems in Russian Federation, United States and Republic of Korea. Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education Society, 18 (1), 1-18.
• Etkina, E., Holton, B, & Horton, G. (1998). Planar motion, complex numbers, and falling leaves: An intriguing minilab. The Physics Teacher, March, 36, 135 - 138.
• Etkina E. (1998). Physics on rollerblades. The Physics Teacher, January, 36, 24-27.
• Shapiro, J. A. (1997) Electronic Student Response Found Feasible in Large Science Lecture Hall, Journ. Coll. Science Teach. 26 #6, 406-410.

Published Peer-refereed Conference Proceedings

• Etkina, E., Gentile, M., Karelina, A., Ruibal-Villasenor, M., & Suran, G. (2009). Searching for "Preparation for Future Learning" in physics, Proceedings of the 2009 Physics Education Research Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 1179, 141-144.
• Shekoyan, V. & Etkina, E. Solving multiple possibility problems to promote students' epistemic cognition, ibid., 269-272.
• Wutchana, U., Emarat, N., & Etkina, E. Students' responses to surveys and their learning: Are they consistent? ibid., 305-308.
• Bartiromo, T. & Etkina, E. Implementing reforms: Teacher Beliefs about curriculum and their students' learning,  ibid., 89-92.
• White-Brahmia, S. Improving Learning for Underrepresented groups in physics for engineering majors, ibid, 12-16.
• Rosengrant, D., Van Heuvelen, A., & Etkina, E. How do students use different representations when solving physics problems? Proceedings of the NARST 2008 Annual Meeting, 2008, Garden Grove, CA.
• Etkina, E., Van Heuvelen, A., Brookes, D., Murthy, S, Karelina, A., & Ruibal-Villasenor, M. Development and transfer of student scientific abilities. Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment Conference: Washington DC, October 19-21, 2006. Deeds, Donald G. and Callen, Bruce W., Eds. National Science Foundation and Drury University, 2008. 68-80.
• Etkina, E., Van Heuvelen, A., Karelina, A., M. Ruibal-Villasenor, M., & Rosengrant, D. (2007). Spending Time on Design: Does It Hurt Physics Learning? In 2007 Physics Education Research Conference, (Greensboro, NC, August 2007) edited by L. Hsu, C. Henderson, and L. McCullough, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol 951, 88-91.
• Karelina, A., Etkina, E., Van Heuvelen, A., Rubail-Villasenor, M, Rosengrant, D., & Hmelo-Silver, C. (2007) Design labs: Does transfer occur? ibid., 92-95.
• Ruibal-Villasenhor, M., Etkina, E., Karelina, A., Van Heuvelen, A., Rosengrant, D., & Jordan, R. (2007) From physics to biology: Helping students attain all terrain knowledge. ibid., 96-99.
• Shekoyan, V. & Etkina, E. (2007) Introducing ill structured problems in introductory physics recitations. ibid., 192-195.
• Etkina, E., Karelina, A., & Ruibal-Villasenor, M. (2007) Studying transfer of scientific reasoning abilities. In 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, (Syracuse, NY, July 2006) edited by L. McCullough, L. Hsu, and P. Heron, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 883, 81-84.
• Karelina, A. & Etkina, E. (2007) When and how do students engage in sense-making in a physics lab? ibid., 93-96.
• Ruibal-Villasenor, M. & Etkina, E. (2007) Reformed physics instruction through the eyes of students. ibid., 105-108.
• Rosengrant, D., Etkina, E., & Van Heuvelen, A. (2007). Multiple representations in physics instruction - an overview. ibid., 149-152.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E. Knowledge Based Mechanisms for Tutoring Systems in Science and Engineering Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), October 2007.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. Smith, D.E., and McCall, R. J. Understanding Student Answers in Introductory Physics CoursesProceedings of Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Technology Rich Learning Contexts That Work. Editors: Rosemary Luckin, Kenneth R. Koedinger and James Greer, IOS Press, July 2007, pp 605-608.
• Rosengrant, D., Etkina, E., &Van Heuvelen, A. (2006) Case study: Students’ use of multiple representations in problem solving. In 2005 Physics Education Research Conference, (Salt Lake City, UT, August 2005) edited by P. Heron. L. McCullough and J. Marx, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 818, 49-53.
• Brookes, D. & Etkina, E. Do our words really matter? (2006). ibid., 57-61.
• Etkina, E. & Murthy, S. (2006) Design labs: Students' expectations and reality. ibid., 97-100.
• Murthy, S. & Etkina, E. (2005) Developing scientific abilities in a large class. In 2004 Physics Education Research Conference, edited by J. Marx, P. Heron and S. Franklin, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 790, 133-136.
• Brookes, D., Horton, G., Van Heuvelen, A., & Etkina, E. (2005) Concerning scientific discourse about heat. ibid.,149-153.
• Rosengrant, D., Etkina, E., & Van Heuvelen, A. (2005). Free-body diagrams: Necessary or sufficient? ibid., 177-181.
• Murthy, S. & Etkina, E. (2005). Using experimental design problems to help students in a large enrollment class develop scientific abilities. Proceedings of the NARST 2005 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.
• VanLehn, Kurt, Lynch, Collin, Schulze, Kay, Shapiro, Joel A., Shelby, Robert H., Taylor, Linwood, Treacy, Don J, Weinstein, Anders, Wintersgill, Mary C. The Andes Physics Tutoring System: Five Years of Evaluations, Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference, G. I. McCalla and C.-K. Looi (Eds.), pp 678--685, IOS Press Amsterdam.
  This paper won the “Best Paper” prize for the conference.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E. (2005) What is the Student Referring To? Mapping Properties and Concepts in Students' Systems of Physics Equations Proceedings of the 12th International Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Education - Supporting Learning through Intelligent and Socially Informed Technology, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Vol 125, G. I. McCalla and C.-K. Looi (Eds.), pp 160--167, Amsterdam: IOS.
• Etkina, E. (2004). What did I learn and why do I believe it? AIP conference proceedings, Volume 720, New York: Melville, 27-31.
• Etkina, E., Barnhart, S., & Brookes, D. (2002). Constructing scientific models during teacher preparation. Proceedings of SITE 2002: Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual. Nashville, TN. 1589-1590.
• Etkina, E. (2002). Formative and summative assessment in a physics class: Time to change. Proceedings of the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, Boise, Idaho, 25 – 31.
• Etkina, E. & Van Heuvelen, A. (2001). Investigative Science Learning Environment: Using the processes of science and cognitive strategies to learn physics. Proceedings of the 2001 Physics Education Research Conference. Rochester, NY, 17-21.
• Brahmia, S. & Etkina, E. (2001). Emphasizing the social aspects of learning to foster success of students at risk. ibid., 63-66.
• May, D. & Etkina, E. (2001). Self-reflection, epistemological beliefs, and conceptual gains. ibid., 99-103
• Van Heuvelen, A. & Etkina, E. (2000). Using Multimedia Interactively in an Introductory Epistemological Physics Learning system, Proceedings of the Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2000) IASTED International Conference, Cancun, May 25.
• Etkina, E. Matilsky, T., Lawrence, M., & Charney, J. (2000). Using technology to conduct authentic research in a high school. ibid.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E. (2004) Inferring The Context for Evaluating Physics Equations when the Scaffolding is Removed, Proceedings of Seventeenth Florida AI Research Society Conference, May 2004.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E. (2003) Identification of Variables in Model Tracing Tutors Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education pp 464-466, IOS Press.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E., What is Wrong with this Equation? Error Detection and Feedback with Physics Equations, Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Florida AI Research Society Conference, Jim Etheredge and Bill Manaris, editors, pp 45-49, May 2000.
• Liew, C.W., Shapiro, Joel A. and Smith, D.E., Reasoning about Algebraic Answers in Physics Proceedings of the Twelfth International Florida AI Research Society Conference, Amruth N. Kumar and Ingrid Russell, editors, pp 167-171, May 1999.

Books, Other than Textbooks, Including Scholarly Monographs

• 2004 Etkina, E., and Mestre, J. (2004). Implications of Learning Research for Teaching Science to Non-Science Majors. A backgrounder for the SENCER foundation, can be found at http://www.aacu.org/SENCER/backgrounders.cfm

Textbooks

• 2006 Van Heuvelen, A. & Etkina, E. (2006). The physics Active Learning Guide. San Francisco, CA: Pearson, Addison Wesley. (Instructor edition).
• 2006 Van Heuvelen, A. & Etkina, E. (2006). The Physics Active Learning Guide. San Francisco, CA: Pearson, Addison Wesley. (Student edition).

Chapters in Books or Monographs

• Etkina, A., Rosengrant, D., and Van Heuvelen, A. Using multiple representations to improve student learning in mechanics. Advanced Placement Special Focus: Multiple Representations, about 30 pages. Winter 2009.
• Etkina, E. & Van Heuvelen, A. (2007) Investigative Science Learning Environment - A Science Process Approach to Learning Physics, in E. F. Redish and P. Cooney, (Eds.), Research Based Reform of University Physics, (AAPT), Online at
  http://per-central.org/per_reviews/media/volume1/ISLE-2007.pdf
• Etkina, E., Mestre, J., & O’Donnell, A. (2005). The impact of cognitive revolution on science learning and teaching. In. J. M. Royer (Ed.), The cognitive revolution in educational psychology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 119-164.

Articles in Non-refereed or General Journals

• Etkina, E. (2005). Preparing tomorrow’s physics teachers. Forum on Education of the American Physical Society, Fall 2005, 28-32.
• Etkina, E., & Van Heuvelen, A. (2004). Investigative Science Learning Environment. Forum on Education of the American Physical Society, Spring issue, 12-14.