Concepedia

Ronald K. Thornton

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Statistics

Publications

20

Citations

3K

H-Index

18

Active since

1975

Affiliations

Tufts University(Current)

University of Oregon

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari

United States Department of Energy

Ronald K. Thornton is an author at Tufts University specializing in education, physics education, and physics.

Publications per year

1975–2012

20

Publications

20

Assessing student learning of Newton’s laws: The Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation and the Evaluation of Active Learning Laboratory and Lecture Curricula

Ronald K. Thornton, David R. Sokoloff · American Journal of Physics · 1998 · 804 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Physics +15

Learning motion concepts using real-time microcomputer-based laboratory tools

Ronald K. Thornton, David R. Sokoloff · American Journal of Physics · 1990 · 419 citations

Education, Curriculum, Educational Technology +11

Using interactive lecture demonstrations to create an active learning environment

David R. Sokoloff, Ronald K. Thornton · The Physics Teacher · 1997 · 410 citations

Education, Educational Technology, Computer-assisted Instruction +2

Resource Letter ALIP–1: Active-Learning Instruction in Physics

David E. Meltzer, Ronald K. Thornton · American Journal of Physics · 2012 · 231 citations

Education, Instruction, Physics +14

Evaluating innovation in studio physics

Karen Cummings, Jeffrey Marx, Ronald K. Thornton et al. · American Journal of Physics · 1999 · 197 citations

Education, Physics, Science Education +16

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