Tor Ole Bigton Odden
Associate Professor
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Center for Computing in Science Education
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Email
t.o.b.odden@fys.uio.no
Room
Ø466
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Visiting address
Sem Sælands vei 24
Fysikkbygningen
0316 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1048 Blindern 0316 OSLO
Academic interests
- Using computation to support epistemic agency and creativity in physics learning
- Computational thinking and computational literacy in physics learning
- Applications of natural language processing to educational research literature and data
- Supporting and preparing learning assistants and teaching assistants in physics
- How students make sense of physics concepts
Background
Tor is an associate professor of physics education research at the Center for Computing in Science Education. His research focuses on how computation can be leveraged to support student creativity and epistemic agency in science learning, how students acquire disciplinary computational literacy, and applications of natural language processing techniques to analyze science education research literature and data. Tor holds a PhD in physics education research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his dissertation work focused on how undergraduate physics students make sense of abstract or tricky physics concepts, the specific strategies they use, and how instructors can help them in that process. Tor also holds a masters in physics from UW-Madison and a bachelors in physics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Outside Interests
In his spare time, Tor enjoys playing and listening to Norwegian folk music (fiddle), and is also an avid runner, skier, woodcarver, and graphic novel enthusiast.
Publications
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Odden, Tor Ole Bigton (2021). What Does It Mean to “Make Sense” of Physics? The Physics Teacher. ISSN 0031-921X. 59, p. 596–598. doi: 10.1119/5.0024095. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole Bigton (2021). How conceptual blends support sensemaking: A case study from introductory physics . Science Education. ISSN 0036-8326. 105, p. 989–1012. doi: 10.1002/sce.21674. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole Bigton; Marin, Alessandro & Rudolph, John (2021). How has Science Education changed over the last 100 years? An analysis using natural language processing. Science Education. ISSN 0036-8326. 105, p. 653–680. doi: 10.1002/sce.21623. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders (2020). Using computational essays to scaffold professional physics practice. European Journal of Physics. ISSN 0143-0807. 42(015701). doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/abb8b7. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Burk, John (2020). Computational Essays in the Physics Classroom. The Physics Teacher. ISSN 0031-921X. 58(April), p. 252–255. doi: 10.1119/1.5145471. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole; Marin, Alessandro & Caballero, Marcos Daniel (2020). Thematic analysis of 18 years of physics education research conference proceedings using natural language processing. Physical Review Physics Education Research. ISSN 2469-9896. 16(1). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.010142. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Caballero, Marcos Daniel (2019). Computational Essays: An Avenue for Scientific Creativity in Physics. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1539-9028. doi: 10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Odden. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole; Lockwood, Elise & Caballero, Marcos Daniel (2019). Physics computational literacy: An exploratory case study using computational essays. Physical Review Physics Education Research. ISSN 2469-9896. 15(2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020152. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2019). Vexing questions that sustain sensemaking. International Journal of Science Education. ISSN 0950-0693. 41(8), p. 1052–1070. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2019.1589655. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2019). Defining sensemaking: Bringing clarity to a fragmented theoretical construct. Science Education. ISSN 0036-8326. 103(1), p. 187–205. doi: 10.1002/sce.21452.
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Sand, Odd Petter; Odden, Tor Ole; Lindstrøm, Christine & Caballero, Marcos Daniel (2018). How computation can facilitate sensemaking about physics: A case study. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1539-9028. p. 1–4. doi: 10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Sand. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2018). Recurring questions that sustain the sensemaking frame. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1539-9028. p. 1–4. doi: 10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Odden. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2018). Sensemaking epistemic game: A model of student sensemaking processes in introductory physics. Physical Review Physics Education Research. ISSN 2469-9896. 14(2), p. 020122-01–02012-16. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.020122. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2017). "Charges are everywhere": A case of student sensemaking about electric current. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1539-9028. p. 280–283. doi: 10.1119/perc.2017.pr.065. Full text in Research Archive
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Odden, Tor Ole; Yadav, Aman; Tellefsen, Cathrine Wahlstrøm & Caeli, Elisa Nadire (2020). Integrating Computing into K-16 Education: Scaffolding Teacher and Student Learning in STEM Disciplines. Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE. ISSN 1942-647X. p. 517–518. doi: 10.1145/3341525.3393961.
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Fyhn, Marianne; Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders; Mørken, Knut Martin; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Odden, Tor Ole & Sundnes, Joakim (2019). Beregningsorientering og utdanningsutvikling.
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Odden, Tor Ole & Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders (2019). Computational Essays and Computational Literacy at the University of Oslo.
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Odden, Tor Ole (2019). Computational Literacy and Computational Essays at the University of Oslo .
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Lauvland, Anders; Odden, Tor Ole; Bøe, Maria Vetleseter & Henriksen, Ellen Karoline (2019). Learning assistants' transformed views on teaching and the teacher role after a training program.
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Sand, Odd Petter; Odden, Tor Ole; Lindstrøm, Christine & Caballero, Marcos Daniel (2018). How computation can facilitate sensemaking about physics.
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Odden, Tor Ole (2018). Grokking: The Endpoint of Sensemaking.
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Odden, Tor Ole & Russ, Rosemary (2018). Vexing Questions that Sustain Sensemaking.
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