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Statistics
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 physics education, physics, and education.
Publications per year
1993–2021
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 · 219 citations
Natural Sciences, Instruction, Physics +17
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 · 152 citations
Education, Chemistry, Physics +17
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
Education, Instruction, Science Education +12
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 · 110 citations
Natural Sciences, Curriculum, Physics +16
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 · 92 citations
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