Vashti Sawtelle

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V., Meltzer, D.E., “Resource letter: Teaching thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in physics, chemistry, and biology,” Amer. J. of Phys., 83, 5-21 (2015).

  2. Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D, Gouvea, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., “Ontological metaphors for negative energy in an interdisciplinary context,” Phys. Rev. ST—Phys. Educ. Res., 10, 020108 (2014).

  3. Dreyfus, B. W., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., "A Vision of Interdisciplinary Education: Students' Reasoning about 'High-Energy Bonds' and ATP," Phys. Rev. ST—Phys. Educ. Res., 10, 010115 (2014).

  4. Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., “Chemical Energy in an Introductory Physics Course for the Life Sciences,” Amer. J. Phys., 82, 403–411 (2014).

  5. Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., “Entropy and Spontaneity in an Introductory Physics Course for the Life Science Students,” Amer. J. Phys., 82, 394–402 (2014).

  6. Redish, E.F, Bauer, C., Carleton, K.L, Cooke, T.J., Cooper, M., Crouch, C.H., Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B., Giannini, J., Gouvea, J.S., Klymkowsky, M.W., Losert, W., Moore, K., Presson, J., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., Thompson, K., “NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists,” Amer. J. Phys., 82, 368–377 (2014).

  7. Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Geller, B.D., Turpen, C., "A Framework for Analyzing Interdisciplinary Tasks: Implications for Student Learning and Curricular Design," Cell Biol. Educ., 12, 187 (2013).

  8. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Goertzen, R.M., Kramer, L.H., “Identifying Opportunities to Influence Self-Efficacy in Real Time,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics – PER, 8, 020111 (2012).

  9. Rodriguez, I., Brewe, E., Sawtelle, V., Kramer, L.H., “The Impact of Equity Models and Statistical Measures on Interpretations of Educational Reform,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics – PER, 8, 020103 (2012).

  10. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Kramer, L.H., “Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Retention in Introductory Physics,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., 49(9), 1096 (2012).

  11. Brewe, E., Kramer, L.H., Sawtelle, V., “Investigating student communities with network analysis of interactions in a physics learning center,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics – PER, 8, 010101 (2012).

  12. Brewe, E., Sawtelle, V., Kramer, L.H., O'Brien, G.E., Rodriguez, I., Pamela, P., "Toward Equity Through Participation in Modeling Instruction in Introductory University Physics," Phys. Rev. Special Topics - PER, 6, 010106 (2010).

  13. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Kramer, L., “A validation study of the Colorado Learning About Science Survey at a Hispanic-Serving Institution,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics-PER, 5, 023101 (2009).

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., and Turpen, C., “Sources of Affect around Interdisciplinary Sense Making,” Proceedings of the International Conferences of the Learning Sciences, Boulder, CO June 2014.

  2. Redish, E.F., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., “The role physics can play in a multi-disciplinary curriculum for non- physics scientists and engineers,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Mathematics and Science Education Research Conference, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2014.

  3. Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., and Redish, E.F., “Negative energy: Why interdisciplinary physics requires multiple ontologies,” Proceedings of the 2013 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers, 129-132 (2014).

  4. Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Gouvea, J.S., Sawtelle, V., Turpen, C., and Redish, E.F., “Like dissolves like: Unpacking student reasoning about thermodynamic heuristics,” Proceedings of the 2013 Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers, 157-160 (2014).

  5. Sawtelle, V., Sikorski, T.R., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., "Examining the Positioning of Ideas in the Disciplines," Proceedings of the 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press, Mellville NY, 1513, 366-369 (2013). Finalist in the 2012 PERC Proceedings Award.

  6. Stewart, S., Angarita, M.P., Durden, J., Sawtelle, V., "'Learning Arc': The Process of Resolving Concerns through Student-Student Discourse," Proceedings of the 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press, Melville NY 1513, 398-401 (2013).

  7. Dreyfus, B.W., Geller, B.D., Sawtelle, V., Svoboda, J., Turpen, C., Redish, E.F., Students' Interdisciplinary Reasoning about 'High Energy Bonds' and ATP, Proceedings of the 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press, Melville NY 1513, 122-125 (2013).

  8. Geller, B.D., Dreyfus, B.W., Sawtelle, V., Svoboda, J., Turpen, C., and Redish, E.F., Students' Reasoning about Interdisciplinarity, Proceedings of the 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press, Melville NY, 1513, 146-149 (2013).

  9. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Kramer, L.H., “Creating Opportunities to Influence Self-Efficacy through Modeling Instruction,” Proceedings of the 2011 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press. Melville NY, 1413, 339-342, (2011).

  10. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Kramer, L.H., "Positive Impacts of Modeling Instruction on Self-Efficay," Proceedings of the 2010 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press. Melville NY,1289, 289-292, (2010).

  11. Sawtelle, V., Brewe, E., Kramer L.H., "An Exploratory Qualitative Study of the Proximal Goal Setting of Two Introductory Modeling Instruction Physics Students,” Proceedings of the 2009 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Press. Melville NY,1179, 261-264, (2009).