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Monroe Community College: Rochester, NY, US

2021-01-25 to present (Engineering Science and Physics)
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

California State University Fullerton: Fullerton, CA, US

2019-08 to present | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics)
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

California State Polytechnic University Pomona: Pomona, CA, US

2018-08 to 2019-08 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics and Astronomy)
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

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University of Maine: Orono, ME, US

2014-08 to 2018-05 | Ph.D. (Physics)
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

Works (11)

Making context explicit in equation construction and interpretation: Symbolic blending

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2023-10-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.020149
Contributors: Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; John R. Thompson
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From Cartesian coordinates to Hilbert space: Supporting student understanding of basis in quantum mechanics

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2022-06-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010145
Contributors: Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; Giaco Corsiglia; Homeyra Sadaghiani; Gina Passante; Steven Pollock
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Exploring student ideas on change of basis in quantum mechanics

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2022-06-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010144
Contributors: Giaco Corsiglia; Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; Homeyra Sadaghiani; Armando Villaseñor; Steven Pollock; Gina Passante
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Impact of problem context on students’ concept definition of an expectation value

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2021-12-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020141
Contributors: Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; Homeyra Sadaghiani; Anise E. Mansour; Steven Pollock; Gina Passante
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Deeper look at question categories, concepts, and context covered: Modified module analysis of quantum mechanics concept assessment

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2021-08-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.17.020113
Part of ISSN: 2469-9896
Contributors: James Wells; Homeyra Sadaghiani; Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; STEVEN POLLOCK; Gina Passante
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

Students’ use of symbolic forms when constructing equations of boundary conditions

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2020-04-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.16.010122
Part of ISSN: 2469-9896
Contributors: Qing X. Ryan; Benjamin P. Schermerhorn
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

Dynamic conceptual blending analysis to model student reasoning processes while integrating mathematics and physics: A case study in the context of the heat equation

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2020-03-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.16.010114
Part of ISSN: 2469-9896
Contributors: Sofie Van den Eynde; Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; Johan Deprez; Martin Goedhart; John R. Thompson; Mieke De Cock
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

Time evolution in quantum systems: a closer look at student understanding

European Journal of Physics
2020-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ab58bf
Contributors: Gina Passante; Benjamin P Schermerhorn; Steven J Pollock; Homeyra R Sadaghiani
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Exploring student preferences when calculating expectation values using a computational features framework

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2019-11-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020144
Contributors: Benjamin P. Schermerhorn; Gina Passante; Homeyra Sadaghiani; Steven J. Pollock
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Physics students’ construction and checking of differential volume elements in an unconventional spherical coordinate system

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2019-02-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.15.010112
Part of ISSN: 2469-9896
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn

Physics students’ construction of differential length vectors in an unconventional spherical coordinate system

Physical Review Physics Education Research
2019-02-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.15.010111
Part of ISSN: 2469-9896
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn
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