Talks
2013
R. E. Scherr and A. R. Daane, “Conserving energy in physics and society: An integrated model of energy for K–12 teachers and students,” presented at the AAPT Winter Meeting in New Orleans, 2013. PDF version
R. E. Scherr, “Piagetian and Ethnographic Influences in Physics Education Research,” presented at the AAPT Winter Meeting in New Orleans, 2013. PDF version
2012
A. R. Daane, S. Vokos, and R. E. Scherr, “Developing a model for both energy and entropy,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2012. PDF version
A. D. Robertson, S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, and S. Vokos, “Assessing a Wide Range of Instructional Goals for K–12 Teacher Professional Development,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF version
A. R. Daane, L. Seeley, A. D. Robertson, S. Vokos, and R. E. Scherr, “Learners' understanding of energy: Conservation of amount, decrease of value,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF version
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, L. Seeley, and S. McKagan, “Representing energy transfers and transformations,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF version
2011
S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, E. W. Close, and H. G. Close, “Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2011. PDF version
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, and S. B. McKagan, “Intuitive ontologies for energy in physics,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2011: PDF version
E. W. Close, H. G. Close, R. E. Scherr, S. Vokos, “Teacher Concepts of ‘Good Video’ in a Video Club,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2011.
2010
E. W. Close, H. G. Close, S. B. McKagan, and R. E. Scherr, “Energy in action: The construction of physics ideas in multiple modes,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2010: PDF version
H. G. Close, R. E. Scherr, E. W. Close, and S. B. McKagan, “Empathizing with energy: Understanding physics by identifying with hypothetical entities,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2010: PDF version
S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, E. W. Close, and H. G. Close, “Ontology in the flesh: Embodied learning activities for conceptual understanding of energy,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2010: PDF version
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, E. W. Close, and S. B. McKagan, “Individual and group understanding of energy in an embodied learning activity,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2010: PDF version
L. H. Seeley, E. W. Close, L. S. DeWater, R. E. Scherr, “Going rogue: In search of passionate and unencumbered talk about energy in the blogosphere,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, 2010: PDF version
Posters
2013
A. R. Daane, B. D. Geller, V. Sawtelle, R. E. Scherr and R. E. Redish, “Connecting learner ideas about energy and free energy” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting: Portland, OR, 2013. PDF version
A. R. Daane, S. Vokos and R. E. Scherr, “Learner understanding of energy degradation” presented at the Physics Education Research Conference, July 2013. PDF version
B. Geller, A. R. Daane, and V. Sawtelle, “Reconciling 'energy' and 'free energy'” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting: New Orleans, LA, 2013.
2012
S. McKagan, A. R. Daane, A. D. Robertson and R. E. Scherr, “How Energy Tracking Representations support participants in accounting for thermal energy” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting: Ontario, CA, 2012.
A. R. Daane, S. Vokos, and R. E. Scherr, “Developing a conceptual model for both entropy and energy,” presented at the Physics Education Research Conference, August 2012. PDF Version
A. D. Robertson, S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, and S. Vokos, “Assessing a Wide Range of Instructional Goals for K–12 Teacher Professional Development,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF Version
A. R. Daane, L. Seeley, A. D. Robertson, S. Vokos, and R. E. Scherr, “Learners' understanding of energy: Conservation of amount, decrease of value,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF Version
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, L. Seeley, and S. McKagan, “Representing energy transfers and transformations,” presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, 2012. PDF Version
2011
S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, E. W. Close, and H. G. Close, “Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy,” poster presented at the Physics Education Research Conference, August 2011. PDF version
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, and S. B. McKagan, “Intuitive ontologies for energy in physics,” poster presented at the Physics Education Research Conference, August 2011: PDF version.
R. E. Scherr, H. G. Close, and S. B. McKagan, “Supporting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse,” poster presented at the Foundati ons and Frontiers of Physics Education Research Conference, June 2011: PDF version
R. E. Scherr and S. B. McKagan, “The Energy Project Summer Research Institute: ‘PER Camp’ in the Pacific Northwest,” poster presented at the Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research: Puget Sound Conference, March 2011: PDF version