Associate Professor of Physics
Penn State Greater Allegheny
Education:
Ph.D., Physics, University of Washington (2008)
M.S., Physics, University of Washington (2004)
A.B., Physics, Bryn Mawr College (2000)
Research:
My research area is Physics Education Research. I have three principle research projects currently underway. One looks at student understanding of energy, particularly the connections they make between energy in physics and in chemistry. Another examines students’ metacognition – how well students recognize what things they know and what they don’t know. Finally, I’m researching the development of students’ reasoning skills in introductory physics courses. My work has been funded by the National Science Foundation under grants DUE-1531541 and DUE-1821400. Tools developed through these NSF grants can be found here: https://sites.psu.edu/teapr/
Selected Publications:
- M. Kryjevskaia, M. R. Stetzer, B. A. Lindsey, A. McInerny, P. R. L. Heron, and A. Boudreaux. Designing research-based instructional materials that leverage dual-process theories of reasoning: Insights from testing one specific, theory-driven intervention, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 020140 (2020). https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020140
- B. A. Lindsey, M. L. Nagel, and B. N. Savani, Leveraging understanding of energy from physics to overcome unproductive intuitions in chemistry, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 15, 10120 (2019). https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010120
- M. Nagel and B. Lindsey, Research and Teaching: The Use of Classroom Clickers to Support Improved Self-Assessment in Introductory Chemistry, J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 047, 72 (2018).
https://my.nsta.org/resource/?id=10.2505/4/jcst18_047_05_72 - Hull, M. M., B. A. Lindsey, M. Archambault, K. Davey, & A. Y. Liu (2016). Unexpected attitudinal growth in a course combining reformed curricula. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 10101. https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010101
- Lindsey, B. A., and M. L. Nagel. “Do students know what they know?” Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research 11 (July 2015): 020103. http://journals.aps.org/prstper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020103
[This paper was marked as an “Editor’s Suggestion” indicating that editors and referees found it to be “of particular interest, importance, or clarity.”] - Nagel, M. L. and B. A. Lindsey. “Student use of energy concepts from physics in chemistry courses.” Chemistry Education Research and Practice 16 (January 2015): 67-81. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/rp/c4rp00184b.
- Lindsey, B. A. “Student reasoning about electrostatic and gravitational potential energy: An exploratory study with interdisciplinary consequences.” Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research, 10 (January 2014): 013101. http://journals.aps.org/prstper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.013101.
- Lindsey, B. A. and A. Y. Liu. “Combining two reform curricula: An example from a course with well-prepared students.” American Journal of Physics: Physics Education Research Section 81 (July 2013): 545-553. http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v81/i7/p545_s1.
- Lindsey, B. A., P. R. L. Heron, and P. S. Shaffer. “Student understanding of energy: Difficulties related to systems.” American Journal of Physics 80 (February 2012): 154-163. http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v80/i2/p154_s1.
- Lindsey, B. A., L. Hsu, H. Sadaghiani, J. W. Taylor, and K. Cummings. “Positive attitudinal shifts with the Physics by Inquiry curriculum across multiple implementations.” Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research 8 (January 2012): 010102. http://prst-per.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v8/i1/e010102.
- Lindsey, B. A., P. R. L. Heron, and P. S. Shaffer. “Student ability to apply the concepts of work and energy to extended systems.” American Journal of Physics 77 (November 2009): 999-1009. http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v77/i11/p999_s1.