A large number of college students exhibit a common misconception while solving certain
algebra word problems. The error appears in writing equations where a multiplying factor is …

Data from written tests and videotaped problem-solving interviews show that many physics
students have a stable, alternative view of the relationship between force and acceleration. …

Lessons were designed to deal with students' alternative conceptions in three areas of
mechanics: static normal forces, frictional forces, and Newton's third law for moving objects. …

In this chapter I first give a summary of the overall theoretical framework developed followed
by a section on how experts use creativity effectively. That section discusses how such …

A member of the inwardly rectifying potassium channel family was cloned here. The channel,
called BIR (Kir6.2), was expressed in large amounts in rat pancreatic islets and glucose-…

Sulfonylureas are a class of drugs widely used to promote insulin secretion in the treatment
of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. These drugs interact with the sulfonylurea …

We have measured the 14 C content of human femoral mid‐shaft collagen to determine the
dynamics of adult collagen turnover, using the sudden doubling and subsequent slow …

Aguilar-Bryan, Lydia, John P. Clement IV, Gabriela Gonzalez, Kumud Kunjilwar, Andrey
Babenko, and Joseph Bryan. Toward Understanding the Assembly and Structure of K ATP …

ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K ATP channels) are heteromultimers of sulfonylurea
receptors (SUR) and inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunits (K IR 6.x) with a (SUR–K …

<p>This study begins the task of mapping out the domain of valid, potentially helpful beliefs
of students and raises the possibility of drawing on these intuitions in teaching conceptual …