Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Creator:: Browne, Kerry P.
Abstract:: Presented here is a case study of the problem-solving behaviors of upper-division undergraduate physics majors. This study explores the role of visual representations in students' problem solving and provides a foundation for investigating how students' use of visualization changes in the upper-division physics major. Three independent studies were conducted on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Physics Students Use Visualization 'While Solving Electrostatics Problems. Abstract Approved: Corinne A

Creator:: Smith, Emily M.
Abstract:: Mathematical sophistication increases rapidly as students transition from lower- to upper-division physics courses. Complex algebra is one of the mathematical tools that is not introduced or used in lower-division physics courses but is pervasive throughout upper-division courses. In this dissertation, I study middle-division physics students' developing fluency with complex number...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Complex Numbers in Middle-Division Physics Abstract approved: Corinne A. Manogue Mathematical

Creator:: Vignal, Michael
Abstract:: Thermodynamic potentials are energies that can describe a thermodynamic system in terms of different mathematically independent variables. Some of these potentials describe particular thermodynamic systems or processes in particularly convenient ways. In this dissertation, I discuss the different ways that students and experts reason about quantities in thermodynamics within the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Corinne Manogue for her mentorship and engagement, both academic and otherwise. I would like to the thank

Creator:: Inoue, Shawna K.
Abstract:: Calcium alginate gels are widely used in the biotechnology, food, and pharmaceutical industries for cell immobilization, food additives, and controlling the release of therapeutic agents. Different gelation conditions can lead to different gel structures which affects the diffusion of solutes in gels, thus mathematical models were developed to describe diffusion...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: assistance I would also like to thank Dr. Ronald B. Guenther and Dr. Corinne A. Manogue for their advice

Creator:: Zaerpoor, Koorosh
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Corinne, Adel and Victor who made sure the project moved along successfully. A big thanks goes to the

Creator:: Lenz, MacKenzie
Abstract:: Physics sensemaking is a growing topic of study within the physics education community. Many lenses have been used to study sensemaking but few have considered how time and instruction can impact student sensemaking practices and ideas. In this dissertation, I present four studies that address four major questions: What sensemaking...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: immeasurably with the development of my research and career. I thank Dr. Corinne Manogue and Dr. David Roundy

Creator:: Stenson, Jared R.
Abstract:: Quantum mechanics provides a conventional theory of scattering that is limited in at least two ways: it focuses exclusively on the asymptotic regime and, in a more general sense characteristic of all quantum descriptions, provides no concrete account of individual particle evolution in spacetime. This is particularly true during the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Corinne Manogue also dedicated much time to me. She provided valuable mentoring and many formative

Creator:: Dragowsky, Michael Raymond
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: personally. Corinne Manogue has been an inspirational and steadying influence throughout our ten-year

ScholarsArchive@OSU