Journal Papers

Concentration Analysis: A Quantitative Assessment of Student States
    L. Bao and E. F. Redish,  PERS of Am. J. Phys. 69 (7), S45-53, (2001).

Model Analysis of Fine Structures of Student Models: An Example with Newton's Third Law
    L. Bao, K. Hogg, and D. Zollman,  PERS of Am. J. Phys. to appear July (2002).

Model Analysis: Assessing the Dynamics of Student Learning
    L. Bao and E. F. Redish, Submitted to Cognition and Instruction Feb. (2001)

Understanding probabilistic interpretations of physical systems: A pre-requisite to learning quantum physics
    L. Bao and E. F. Redish, Am. J. Phys. 79 (3), 210-217, (2002) (Theme Issue on Quantum Mechanics)

Mathematical Features of Concentration Analysis
    L. Bao, To be resubmitted to appropriate journals. Aug. (2001)

Mathematical Issues in Using Score Gain to Assess Student Performance
    L. Bao, To be submitted to appropriate journals. Aug. (2001)

A two-level system model for score-based measurement
    L. Bao, In progress. Sept (2001)



Referreed Conference Proceedings:
  1. Graduate and undergraduate students’ views on learning and teaching physics” 
    Gyoungho Lee and Lei Bao, PERC Proceedings, July 2001.
  2. Preliminary studies on students’ understanding of electricity and magnetism for the development of a model based diagnostic instrument” 
    Rasil Warnakulasooriya and Lei Bao, PERC Proceedings, July 2001.

Talks and Conference Papers


The preprints are the submitted drafts which may not reflect the exact appearance in the official journals.  The drafts provided are for researchers to review and comment (academic use only).
Recent write-ups about Model Analysis and the related researches are available upon request.  Many details are also described in my thesis.

e-mail:lbao@mps.ohio-stated.edu