List of publications
1. Finegold M. & Trumper R. (1989) Categorizing pupils' explanatory frameworks in energy
as a means to the development of a teaching approach. Research in Science Education,
19, 97 - 110.
2. Trumper R. (1990) Energy and a constructivist way of teaching. Physics Education, 25,
208 -212.
3. Trumper R. (1990a) Being constructive: An alternative approach to the teaching of the
energy concept - part one. International Journal of Science Education, 12, 343-354.
4. Trumper R. (1991) Being constructive: An alternative approach to the teaching of the
energy concept - part two. International Journal of Science Education, 13, 1-10.
5. Trumper R. (1993) Children's energy concepts: A cross-age study. International Journal
of Science Education, 15, 139-148.
6. Trumper R. & Gorsky P. (1993) Learning about energy: The influence of prior
knowledge, cognitive levels and closed mindedness. Journal of Research in Science
Teaching, 30, 637-648.
7. Trumper, R. (1994) Computer assisted teaching of physics. Journal of Computers in
Mathematics and Science Teaching, 13, 183-195.
8. Trumper R. & Wiener A. (1994) Investigation of coupled harmonic oscillations with a VScope. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 13, 445-463.
9. Trumper, R. (1995). Students' motivational traits in science: a cross-age study. British
Educational Research Journal, 21, 505-515.
10. Trumper R. (1996) Survey of Israeli physics students' conceptions of energy in preservice training for high school teachers, Research in Science & Technological
Education, 14, 179-192.
11. Trumper, R. & Gorsky, P. (1996). A cross-college age study about physics students'
conceptions of force in pre-service training for high school teachers, Physics Education,
31, 227-236.
12. Trumper R. (1996). Teaching about energy through a spiral curriculum: Guiding
principles, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 12, 66-75.
13. Trumper R. (1997). A survey of conceptions of energy of Israeli pre-service high-school
biology teachers. International Journal of Science Education, 19, 31-46.
14. Trumper, R. (1997). Learning kinematics with a V-Scope. Journal of Computers in
Mathematics and Science Teaching, 16, 91-110.
15. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (1997) "Exploring" the response of an LC circuit to the
stimuli of external electromagnetic energy pulses through MBL, European Journal of
Physics, 18, 277-283.
16. Trumper, R. (1997) The need for change in elementary school teacher training: the case
of the energy concept as an example. Educational Research, 39, 157-174.
17. Trumper R. (1997) Applying conceptual conflict strategies in the learning of the energy
concept, Research in Science & Technological Education, 15, 5-18.
18. Trumper R. (1997). Differences in motivation toward science subjects among kibbutz and
urban high school students, Interchange, 28, 205-218.
19. Trumper, R. & Gorsky, P. (1997). A survey of biology students' conceptions of force in
pre-service training for high school teachers, Research in Science & Technological
Education, 15, 133-147.
20. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (1997). Investigating power, work and effective values in an
AC driven circuit through a microcomputer based laboratory, Physics Education, 32, 408414.
21. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (1997). Measurement of a thermal expansion coefficient,
The Physics Teacher, 35, 437-438.
22. Trumper, R. (1998). The need for change in elementary school teacher training: the case
of the force concept as an example, Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 26, 7-25.
23. Trumper, R. (1998). A longitudinal study of Israeli physics students' conceptions of
energy in pre-service training for high school teachers, Journal of Science Education and
Technology, 7, 311-318.
24. Trumper, R. (1999). A longitudinal study about physics students' conceptions of force in
pre-service training for high school teachers, European Journal of Teacher Education, 22,
247-258.
25 Trumper, R. (2000). University students’ conceptions of basic astronomy concepts,
Physics Education, 35, 9-15.
26. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2000). Investigating electromagnetic induction through a
microcomputer-based laboratory. Physics Education, 35, 90-95.
27. Trumper, R., Raviolo, A. & Shnersch, A. (2000). A cross-cultural survey of conceptions
of energy among elementary school teachers in training – empirical results from Israel
and Argentina. Teaching and Teacher Education, 16, 697-714.
28. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2000). A computer-based revitalization of Atwood’s
machine. Physics Education, 35, 354-358.
29. Trumper, R. (2001). A cross-age study of junior high-school students’ conceptions of
basic astronomy concepts. International Journal of Science Education, 23, 1111-1124.
30. Trumper, R. (2001). A cross-age study of senior high-school students’ conceptions of
basic astronomy concepts. Research in Science & Technological Education, 19, 97-109.
31. Trumper, R. (2001). A cross-college age study of science and non-science students’
conceptions of basic astronomy concepts in pre-service training for high-school teachers.
Journal of Science Education and Technology, 10, 189-195.
32. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2001). The measurement of g as a means of introducing
analysis of experimental data. School Science Review, 82 (301), 97-100.
33. Trumper, R. (2001). Assessing students’ basic astronomy conceptions from junior high
school through university. Australian Science Teacher’s Journal, 47 (1), 21-31.
34. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2001). A microcomputer-based contribution to scientific
and technological literacy. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 10, 213-222.
35. Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2002). What are MBL’s for? – An example from
introductory kinematics. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science
Teaching, in press.
36. Trumper, R. (2002). What do we expect from students’ physics laboratory
experiments? Journal of Science Education and Technology, in press
37. Trumper, R. & Gelbman M. (2002). Using MBL to verify Newton’s second law
and the impulse-momentum relationship with an arbitrary changing force, School
Science Review, in press.