research overview Dr. Chasteen's professional activities focus on the broad adoption of research-validated instructional methods by science faculty at CU and beyond. Her interests are in educational reform, particularly faculty and institutional change.
keywords physics education research, faculty professional development, instructional reform, interactive teaching methods, institutional change
selected publications conference proceeding Applying the results of education research to help students learn more. American Zoologist. E141-E141. 2015 Examining the Use of PhET Interactive Simulations in US College and High School Classrooms. 207-210. 2014 But Does It Last? Sustaining a Research-Based Curriculum in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism. AIP Conference Proceedings. 139-142. 2011 Facilitating Faculty Conversations: Development of Consensus Learning Goals. AIP Conference Proceedings. 291-294. 2011 Teasing Out the Effect of Tutorials via Multiple Regression. AIP Conference Proceedings. 143-146. 2011 Our best juniors still struggle with Gauss's Law: Characterizing their difficulties. AIP Conference Proceedings. 245-+. 2010 The use of concept tests and peer instruction in upper-division physics. AIP Conference Proceedings. 261-+. 2010 A Research-Based Approach to Assessing Student Learning Issues in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism. AIP Conference Proceedings. 7-+. 2009 Longer term impacts of transformed courses on student conceptual understanding of E&M.. AIP Conference Proceedings. 237-240. 2009 Tapping into Juniors' Understanding of E&M: The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic. AIP Conference Proceedings. 109-+. 2009 Transforming Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism. AIP Conference Proceedings. 91-+. 2008 journal article Development and uses of upper-division conceptual assessments. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2015 Educational transformation in upper-division physics: The Science Education Initiative model, outcomes, and lessons learned. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2015 Thinking like a physicist: A multi-semester case study of junior-level electricity and magnetism. American Journal of Physics. 923-930. 2012 Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics diagnostic: A conceptual assessment for the junior level. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2012 Transforming the junior level: Outcomes from instruction and research in E&M. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2012 Observations on student difficulties with mathematics in upper-division electricity and magnetism. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2012 Upper-division students' difficulties with Ampere's law. Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research. 2010 Towards optimization of device performance in conjugated polymer photovoltaics: Charge generation, transfer and transport in poly(p-phenylene-vinylene) polymer heterojunctions. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 651-659. 2008
