University of Maryland, Dept. of Physics

College Park, MD 20742

erickuo (at) umd.edu

My CV

About Me:

I graduated in 2007 from Brandeis University with a degrees in Math and Physics, and a minor in secondary education.  After graduation I taught high school physics for a year in Massachusetts.  I'm currently a fifth year graduate student in the physics education group.

What I'm Working On:

• How students blend conceptual reasoning with mathematical equations in physics.
• The dynamics of students' reasoning and how those dynamics are connected to students' epistemological stances. 
• How disciplinary differences in purpose and context of approximations can lead to differences in how students approach approximation problems in math and physics.   

The Latest Things:

When do I use symbolic forms?

Kuo, E., Gupta, A., and Elby, A.

Contributed Talk at summer AAPT 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Considering Factors Beyond Transfer of Knowledge

Kuo, E., Champney, D., and Little, A.

Submitted to the 2012 PERC Proceedings

               "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign

               them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea."

                         - Antoine de Saint-Exupery