Papers and Presentations

Papers

• R. Beichner, et al "Student-Centered Activities in Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP)" a chapter in Physics Education Research Inspired Curricula (2006) WWW Document (http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4517&DocID=183)
• R. Allain, D. Abbott, D. Deardorff "Using peer ranking to enhance student writing" Physics Education Vol 41 (3), May 2006 pp. 255-258
• R. Allain, T. Williams "The effectiveness of online homework in an introductory science class" The Journal of College Science Teaching. Vol 35 (6), May 2006
• R. Allain, R. Beichner, "Rate of Change and Electric Potential" - the Proceedings of the 2004 Physics Education Research Conference (pdf)
• Investigating the Relationship Between Student Difficulties with the Concept of Electric Potential and the Concept of Rate of Change, Doctoral Dissertation, 2001 (Advisor: Robert J. Beichner)

Talks / Presentations

• R. Allain, T. Williams "Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Numerical Solutions in Physics" - Workshop at the 2006 Northshore Excellence in Teaching with Technology conference. (handout)
• R. Allain "Examining Conceptual Understanding of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers" - Presented at the 2005 summer American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• R. Allain "The effect of WebAssign in an introductory astronomy course" - Presented at the 2004 summer American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, Sacramento, CA
• R. Allain "Rate of Change and Electric Potential" - Poster presented at the 2004 Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento, CA.
• R. Allain "SCALE-UP: Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs". Invited talk presented at University of Louisiaiana Lafayette, Oct. 2004
• R. Allain "Student-Centered, Technology-Rich Classroom Overview" Presented to the Louisiana Board of Supervisors, Southeastern Louisiana University
• R. Allain "Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Physics" Invited talk presented at Lyceum Lights, Southeastern Louisiana University, Sept. 18, 2003.
• "Writing and Peer Ranking in Introductory Physics" Presented at the summer AAPT meeting, 2003, Madison, Wisconsin
• R. Allain, R. Beichner "Student difficulties with electric potential and rate of change" Presented at the winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Jan 2001, San Diego, CA.
• M. Dancy, R. Allain "Web-Based Assessment" , Invited talk presented at the winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Jan 2001, San Diego, CA.
• R. Allain, D. Deardorff, and R. Beichner "Using Peer Evaluation to Enhance Student Writing" Presented at the winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Jan 2000, San Antonio, TX.
• R. Allain "Peer Ranking with WebAssign" an overview of peer ranking with WebAssign. Presented at the WebAssign User Group meeting, May 2000