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Paula R. L. Heron

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Publications

39

Citations

1.9K

H-Index

24

Active since

1993

Affiliations

University of Washington(Current)

North Dakota State University

University of Maine

University of Wisconsin–Stout

Gender Studies

Paula R. L. Heron is an author at University of Washington specializing in education, science education, and mathematics education.

Top concepts

EducationScience EducationMathematics TeachingStem EducationEngineeringLearningClassroom InstructionSocial SciencesCognitive ScienceInquiry-based Learning

Publications per year

1993–2021

39

Publications

39

Student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics: Relating work to the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas

Michael E. Loverude, Christian Kautz, Paula R. L. Heron · American Journal of Physics · 2002 · 214 citations

Thermodynamic Modelling, Science Education, Engineering +13

Student understanding of the ideal gas law, Part I: A macroscopic perspective

Christian Kautz, Paula R. L. Heron, Michael E. Loverude et al. · American Journal of Physics · 2005 · 149 citations

Science Education, Engineering, Education +16

Helping students develop an understanding of Archimedes’ principle. I. Research on student understanding

Michael E. Loverude, Christian Kautz, Paula R. L. Heron · American Journal of Physics · 2003 · 140 citations

Marine Hydrodynamics, Mathematics Education, Inquiry-based Learning +13

Addressing student difficulties in applying a wave model to the interference and diffraction of light

Karen Wosilait, Paula R. L. Heron, Peter S. Shaffer et al. · American Journal of Physics · 1999 · 109 citations

Instructional Design, Mathematics Education, Science Education +15

Student understanding of light as an electromagnetic wave: Relating the formalism to physical phenomena

Bradley S. Ambrose, Paula R. L. Heron, Stamatis Vokos et al. · American Journal of Physics · 1999 · 90 citations

Physical Principles, Physical Phenomena, Mathematics Education +11

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