Reports, Books, and Book Chapters
Results from the 2020 EP3 Survey to Physics Department Chairs, S. V. Chasteen, J. Corbo, R. Dalka, C. Turpen, American Physical Society. https://www.aps.org/programs/education/ep3/presentations.cfm
Practical advice for partnering with and coaching faculty as an embedded educational expert, S. V. Chasteen, W. Code, and S. B. Sherman, in White et al. (eds) Transforming Institutions: Accelerating Systemic Change in Higher Education (December 15, 2020). Accessed at http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/ascnti2020/
Variations on embedded expert models: Implementing change initiatives that support departments from within, A. F. Greenhoot, C. Aslan, S. V. Chasteen, W. Code, and S. B. Sherman, in White et al. (eds) Transforming Institutions: Accelerating Systemic Change in Higher Education (December 15, 2020). Accessed at http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/ascnti2020/.
The Science Education Initiative Handbook: A guide to fostering change in courses and faculty by embedding discipline-based education specialists within departments, S. V. Chasteen and W. Code, Accessed at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/seihandbook (2018).
A study of thriving physics teacher education programs, S.V. Chasteen, R. E. Scherr and M. Plisch, (American Physical Society, College Park, MD, 2018). Full text.
The Physics Teacher Education Program Analysis (PTEPA) Rubric (Versions 1.0 and 2.0). S.V. Chasteen, R. E. Scherr and M. Plisch, (American Physical Society, College Park, MD, 2018). Full text.
The Physics Teacher Education Program Analysis (PTEPA) Rubric(Versions 1.0 and 2.0).S.V. Chasteen,R. E. Scherr and M. Plisch, (American Physical Society, College Park, MD, 2018). Full text.
Change from Within: The Science Education Initiative,S. V. Chasteen, and K.K. Perkins. Book Chapter, in McDaniel, M., Frey, R., Fitzpatrick, S., and Roediger, H.L. (Eds.), Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines [e-reader version], 298-370 (2014). PDF.
Refereed Journal Articles
Insights from the Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop: How do new physics faculty teach?e S. V. Chasteen and R. Chattergoon, Physical Review Physics Education Research, 16, 020164 (2020). Full text.
Developing the physics teacher education program analysis rubric: Measuring features of thriving program. S. V. Chasteen& R. E. Scherr, Physics Review Physics Education Research, 16, 010115, (2020). Full text.
Initial findings of the physics teacher education program analysis rubric: What do thriving physics teacher education programs do? R. E. Scherr & S. V. Chasteen, Physics Review Physics Education Research, 16, 010116, (2020). Full text.
Measuring faculty attitude change towards active learning with a retrospective pre-test, S. V. Chasteenand R. Chattergoon, 2019 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (2019). Full text.
Development and validation of the Physics Teacher Education Program Analysis (PTEPA) Rubric, R. E. Scherr and S. V. Chasteen, 2018 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (2019). Full text.
Anatomy of STEM Teaching in North American universities, M. Stains, J. Harshman, M. K. Barker, S. V. Chasteen, R. Cole, S. E. DeChenne-Peters, M. K. Eagan Jr., J. M. Esson, J. K. Knight, F. A. Laski, M. Levis-Fitzgerald, C. J. Lee, S. M. Lo, L. M. McDonnell, T. A. McKay, N. Michelotti, A. Musgrove, M. S. Palmer, K. M. Plank, T. M. Rodela, E. R. Sanders, N. G. Schimpf, P. M. Schulte, M. K. Smith, M. Stetzer, B. Van Valkenburgh, E. Vinson, L. K. Weir, P. J. Wendel, L. B. Wheeler, A. M. Young, Science, 359 (2018). Full text.
Evaluation Methodology and Results for the New Faculty Workshops, S. V. Chasteen, R. Chattergoon, E. Prather and R. Hillborn, 2016 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (2017). Full text.
The Science Education Initiative: An Experiment in Scaling Up Educational Improvements in a Research University,S. V. Chasteen, C. E. Wieman, K. K. Perkins and W. Code, in Transforming Institutions, Purdue University Press (2015). Full text.
Faculty Online Learning Communities to support physics teaching, A. Rundquist, J. C. Corbo, S. Chasteen, M. S. Martinuk, C. R. Henderson and M. H. Dancy, Proceedings of the 2015 Physics Education Research Conference, 279 (2015). Full text
Educational transformation in upper-division physics: The Science Education Initiative model, outcomes, and lessons learned, S. V. Chasteen,, B. Wilcox, M. D. Caballero, K. K. Perkins, S. J. Pollock and C. E. Wieman, Phys. Rev. ST: Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 020110 (2015). Full text.
Development and uses of upper-division conceptual assessment, B. R. Wilcox, M. D. Caballero, C. Baily, H. Sadaghiani, S. V. Chasteen, Q. X. Ryan and S. J. Pollock, Phys. Rev. ST: Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 020115 (2015). Full text.
Examining the use of PhET interactive simulations in US College and High School classrooms, K. K. Perkins, E. Moore, S. V. Chasteen, Proceedings of the 2014 Physics Education Research Conference (2014).
The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic: A conceptual assessment for the junior level, S. V. Chasteen,, R. E. Pepper, M. D. Caballero, S. J. Pollock and K. K. Perkins, Phys. Rev. S.T.: Phys. Educ. Res., 8, 020108 (2012). Full text.
Thinking Like a Physicist: A Case Study in Transforming Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism, S. V. Chasteen, R.E. Pepper, S. J. Pollock, and K. K. Perkins, Am. J. Phys., 80, 923 (2012). Full text.
Observations on Student Difficulties with Mathematics in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism, R. E. Pepper, S. V. Chasteen, S. J. Pollock and K. K. Perkins, Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.: Phys Ed. Rsrch, 8, 010111 (2012). Full text.
Transforming the Junior Level: Outcomes from research and instruction in E&M, S. V. Chasteen, R.E. Pepper, S. J. Pollock, and K. K. Perkins, Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.: Phys Ed. Rsrch, 8, 020107 (2012). Full text.
Teasing Out the Effects of Tutorials via Multiple Regression, S. V. Chasteen, PERC Proceedings 2011, AIP Press, 2012. Full text.
Multiple Roles of Assessment in Upper-Division Physics Course Reforms, S. J. Pollock, R. E. Pepper, S. V. Chasteen, K. K. Perkins, PERC Proceedings 2011, AIP Press, 2012. PDF.
Facilitating Faculty Conversations: Development of Consensus Learning Goals, R. E. Pepper, S. V. Chasteen, S. J. Pollock, K. K. Perkins, PERC Proceedings 2011, AIP Press, 2012. PDF
But Does It Last? Sustaining a Research-Based Curriculum in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism, S. V. Chasteen, R. E. Pepper, S. J. Pollock, K. K. Perkins. PERC Proceedings 2011, AIP Press, 2012. PDF.
Upper-Division Students’ Difficulties with Ampere’s Law, C. Wallace and S. V. Chasteen, Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.: Phys Ed. Rsrch6, 020115. PDF.
A Thoughtful Approach to Instruction: Course Transformation for the Rest of Us, S. V. Chasteen, K. K. Perkins, S. J. Pollock, C.E. Wieman. J. Coll. Sci. Teach. March/April 2011. PDF.
Our Best Juniors Still Struggle with Gauss’ Law, R. E. Pepper, S. V. Chasteen, S. J. Pollock, and K. K. Perkins, PERC Proceedings 2010, AIP Press, 2010. PDF.
The Use of Concept Tests and Peer Instruction in Upper-Division Physics, S. J. Pollock, S. V. Chasteen, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson, PERC Proceedings 2010, AIP Press, 2010. PDF.
Tapping into Juniors’ Understanding of E&M: The Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic, S. V. Chasteen, and S. J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press (2009).PDF.
A Research-Based Approach to Assessing Student Learning Issues in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism, S. V. Chasteen, and S. J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press, 2009.
Longer term impacts of transformed courses on student conceptual understanding of E&M, S. J. Pollock and S. V. Chasteen, PERC Proceedings 2009, AIP Press, 2009.
Transforming Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism, S. V. Chasteen, & S.J. Pollock, PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press, 2008.
Cognitive Issues in Upper-Division Electricity & Magnetism, S.J. Pollock & S.V. Chasteen, PERC Proceedings 2008, AIP Press, 2009. PDF.
The Salty Science of the Aluminum-Air Battery, S. V. Chasteen, N.D. Chasteen, P. Doherty, The Physics Teacher, December 2008.
Toward optimization of device performance in conjugated polymer photovoltaics: Charge generation, transfer and transport in poly(p-phenylene-vinylene) polymer heterojunctions. S. V. Chasteen,, V. Sholin, S. A. Carter, G. Rumbles. Sol. Energy Mat. & Sol. Cells(92), 651-659, 2008.
The effect of broken conjugation on the excited state due to ether-linkage in a cyano-substituted poly(p-phenylene vinylene) conjugated polymer: CN-PPV vs. CN-ether-PPV, S. V. Chasteen, G. Rumbles, S. A. Carter, J. Chem. Phys. (24), 214704, 2006.
Blended versus Layered Structures in Polymer Photovoltaics, S. V. Chasteen, J. O. Haerter, G. Rumbles, C. Scott, S. A. Carter. J. Appl. Phys. (99), 033709, 2006.
Numerical Simulations of Layered and Blended Organic Photovoltaic Cells, J. O. Haerter, S. V. Chasteen, S. A. Carter, J. C. Scott, Applied Physics Letters(86), 164101, 2005.
Exciton Dynamics in Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaics: Steady-State and Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy, S. V. Chasteen, Ph.D. Dissertation, December 2005.
Exciton Dynamics and Device Performance in Polythiophene Heterojunctions for Photovoltaics. S. V. Chasteen, S. A. Carter, G. Rumbles, Proc. of SPIE (5938), 59380J-1, 2005.