David Hestenes

15.4k citations
81 papers · 8.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 37

David Hestenes

79 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Force concept inventory2.2k198420261998201250010001.5k2.0k

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David Hestenes
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
  • Architecture 331
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.2k
  • Applied Mathematics 1.6k
  • Education 4.6k
  • Media Technology 1.2k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20091
2
Modeling Instruction: An Effective Model for Science Education
2008119
3 200514
4
Mysteries and Insights of Dirac Theory
200313
5
Evaluating College Science and Mathematics Instruction: A Reform Effort That Improves Teaching Skills.
200225
6
Geometric Algebra: New Foundations, New Insights
20003
7 19970
8
Interpreting the Force Concept Inventory A response to Huffman and Heller
199525
9 1995229
10 19955
11 199360
12 199210
13 198560
14 1985230
15
The initial knowledge state of college physics studentsbreakdown →
1985749
16 197917
17 196820
18 196819
19 196791
20
Geometric Calculus and Elementary Particles.
19631

About David Hestenes

David Hestenes is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Media Technology, Algebra and Number Theory and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 81 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Algebraic and Geometric Analysis (34 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (19 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (16 papers), Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics (15 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (8 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (8 papers), Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (6 papers) and Geophysics and Sensor Technology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Architecture (331 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.2k citations), Applied Mathematics (1.6k citations), Education (4.6k citations) and Media Technology (1.2k citations). David Hestenes has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Malcolm Wells, Ibrahim A. Halloun, Garret Sobczyk, James S. Marsh, Renatus Ziegler, F. Sommen, Jeremy W. Holt, D.L. Evans, Douglas W. Gage and Kannan Jagannathan. Their work appears in journals such as Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, American Journal of Physics, Neural Networks, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications and Journal of Mathematical Physics.

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