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Warren
Christensen 
Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Center
for Science and Mathematics Education Research
Office: 223 Bennett
Office Phone: 1-1030
EMail: Warren.Christensen@umit.maine.edu
Education:
2001 B.S. Physics, Minor Spanish,
Central Missouri State University
2007 Ph.D. Physics, Iowa State
University
Previous Work: www.physicseducation.net, Published papers,
invited and contributed talks, and posters
Current Research Interests in Physics Education
Research:
- Student understanding of Entropy and the Second
Law of Thermodynamics at the introductory and
upper-division levels in physics, as well as
interdisciplinary research among student thinking
on entropy in introductory and advanced courses
in chemistry and geosciences.
- The evolution of physics content knowledge
and pedagogical content knowledge of MST students
as they progress through a course that uses
and discusses various published research-based
curricular materials.
- Student understanding of the graphical representation
of vector- and scalar-products in a generic
and physical context.
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