Beth Thacker

1.0k total citations
24 papers, 734 citations indexed

About

Beth Thacker is a scholar working on Education, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth Thacker has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 734 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Education, 7 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 5 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Beth Thacker's work include Innovative Teaching Methods (10 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (8 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (6 papers). Beth Thacker is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching Methods (10 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (8 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (6 papers). Beth Thacker collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Beth Thacker's co-authors include G. Peter Lepage, G. Peter Lepage, C. T. H. Davies, Eunsook Kim, U. Ganiel, Catherine H. Crouch, Kwan Hon Cheng, Jennifer Wilhelm, Jianlan Wang and Keith P. West and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Nuclear Physics B and Reports on Progress in Physics.

In The Last Decade

Beth Thacker

24 papers receiving 671 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beth Thacker United States 11 378 297 119 101 39 24 734
C. S. Kalman Canada 15 293 0.8× 285 1.0× 40 0.3× 179 1.8× 44 1.1× 90 633
N. W. Reay United States 15 223 0.6× 239 0.8× 97 0.8× 61 0.6× 17 0.4× 29 543
Eliane Ângela Veit Brazil 10 202 0.5× 181 0.6× 14 0.1× 31 0.3× 15 0.4× 76 442
G. Gladding United States 11 45 0.1× 206 0.7× 64 0.5× 82 0.8× 9 0.2× 21 309
Antje Kohnle United Kingdom 11 42 0.1× 175 0.6× 67 0.6× 89 0.9× 34 0.9× 31 345
R. A. Burnstein United States 12 441 1.2× 164 0.6× 88 0.7× 32 0.3× 10 0.3× 30 693
Sami Nurmi Finland 15 696 1.8× 108 0.4× 50 0.4× 57 0.6× 54 1.4× 27 1.0k
Maria Parappilly Australia 9 452 1.2× 84 0.3× 19 0.2× 8 0.1× 8 0.2× 14 562
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer United States 10 46 0.1× 86 0.3× 48 0.4× 24 0.2× 36 0.9× 20 411
Ornella Pantano Italy 13 408 1.1× 45 0.2× 11 0.1× 16 0.2× 45 1.2× 27 670

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Wang, Jianlan, et al.. (2023). Investigating learning assistants’ use of questioning in online courses about introductory physics. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 19(1). 6 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (2023). Assessing thinking skills in free-response exam problems: Pandemic online and in-person. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 19(1). 3 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth. (2023). Inquiry-based experimental physics: Twenty years of an evidence-based, laboratory-based physics course for algebra-based physics students. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 19(2). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianlan, et al.. (2023). Analyzing the Patterns of Questioning Chains and Their Intervention on Student Learning in Science Teacher Preparation. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 22(4). 809–836. 5 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (2023). Investigating Students' Strengths and Difficulties in Quantum Computing. 33–39. 4 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (2021). Rubric for assessing thinking skills in free-response exam problems. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 17(1). 5 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (2017). Beyond Conceptual Inventories: Lessons From a Large-Scale Assessment. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (2014). Lessons from a large-scale assessment: Results from conceptual inventories. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. 10(2). 9 indexed citations
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Wilhelm, Jennifer, et al.. (2007). Creating Constructivist Physics for Introductory University Classes. The Electronic Journal of Science Education. 11(2). 19–37. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Kwan Hon, et al.. (2004). Using an online homework system enhances students’ learning of physics concepts in an introductory physics course. American Journal of Physics. 72(11). 1447–1453. 88 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth. (2003). A study of the nature of students’ models of microscopic processes in the context of modern physics experiments. American Journal of Physics. 71(6). 599–606. 14 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (1999). Macroscopic Phenomena and Microscopic Processes: Student Understanding of Transients in DC Electric Circuits. 3 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (1999). Macroscopic phenomena and microscopic processes: Student understanding of transients in direct current electric circuits. American Journal of Physics. 67(S1). S25–S31. 65 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (1994). Comparing problem solving performance of physics students in inquiry-based and traditional introductory physics courses. American Journal of Physics. 62(7). 627–633. 90 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth, et al.. (1994). Computer-assisted assessment of student understanding in physics. Computers in Physics. 8(1). 122–127. 8 indexed citations
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Davies, C. T. H. & Beth Thacker. (1993). Renormalization of bilinears in nonrelativistic QCD. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 48(3). 1329–1336. 10 indexed citations
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Davies, C. T. H. & Beth Thacker. (1993). Upsilon spectroscopy from lattice QCD. Nuclear Physics B. 405(2-3). 593–622. 11 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth & C. T. H. Davies. (1992). Renormalization of bilinear lattice vertex operators in NRQCD. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 26. 378–380. 1 indexed citations
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Davies, C. T. H. & Beth Thacker. (1992). Upsilon spectroscopy from lattice QCD. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 26. 375–377. 2 indexed citations
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Thacker, Beth & G. Peter Lepage. (1991). Heavy-quark bound states in lattice QCD. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 43(1). 196–208. 242 indexed citations

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