Publications

Our Publications

Vieyra, R., Megowan Romanowicz, C., O’Brien, D., Vieyra Cortés, C., & Johnson-Glenberg, M. C. (2026). Building embodied intuition for graphs with smartphones. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 119(1), 34-42. https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtlt/119/1/article-p34.xml [Downloadable PDF]

Vieyra, R., López, R. E., Ambrose, B., Cid, X., Donelan, D., & Willoughby, S. (2025). A heliocentric pedagogy: Sun-anchored science with NASA HEAT. The Earth Scientist, 42(1), 39-44. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1arAycu3omy7iKg5H0VyyFiTyfNMR9HRV/view?usp=sharing [Open Access]

Vieyra, R., Megowan Romanowicz, C., Johnson-Glenberg, M. C., O’Brien, D., & Vieyra Cortés, C. (2024). Making motion meaningful: Mapping body movements onto graphs. The Science Teacher, 91(3), 57-64. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00368555.2024.2404956#abstract [Open Access]

Megowan-Romanowicz, C., O’Brien, D., Vieyra, R., Vieyra, C., & Johnson-Glenberg, M. (2023). Evaluating learning of motion graphs with a LiDAR-based smartphone application. Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference 2023. https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=16587 [Open Access]

Vieyra, R. & López, R. (2023). Physics in a space science context: Two learning sequences to teach about the properties of electromagnetic waves and fields. The Physics Teacher, 61(5), 364-367. https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article/61/5/364/2887589/Physics-in-a-Space-Science-Context-Learning [Open Source]

Vieyra, R., Megowan-Romanowicz, C., O’Brien, D. O., Vieyra Cortés, C., & Johnson-Glenberg, M. (2023, 01). Harnessing the digital science education revolution: Smartphone sensors as teaching tools. In S. Asim, J. Ellis, D. Slykhuis, & J. Trumble (Eds.), Theoretical and Practical Teaching Strategies for K-12 Science Education in the Digital Age. IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/harnessing-the-digital-science-education-revolution/317351 [Open Access]

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2022, 04). Immersive learning experiences in augmented reality (AR): Visualizing and interacting with magnetic fields. In S. Macrine & J. Fugate (Eds.), Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/5306/chapter/3752381/Immersive-Learning-Experiences-in-Augmented [Open Access]

Vieyra, R.; Vieyra, C.; Pendrill, A.-M., Xu, B. (2020). Gamified physics challenges for teachers and the public. Physics Education, 55(4), 1-7. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8779/pdf

Vieyra, R. (October 2018). "Teaching students metacognition through discipline-based research and technology." Chapter in Einstein fellows: Best practices in STEM education, 2nd Ed. Peter Lang, Inc. https://www.peterlang.com/view/9781433150982/9781433150982.00029.xml

Vieyra, R., Macchia, S., Vieyra, C. (February 2017). Kitchen physics. The Physics Teacher, 55(2), 87-90. https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.4974119

Macchia, S. & Vieyra, R. (7 December 2016). A simple wind tunnel to analyse Bernoulli's principle. Physics Education, 52(1). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/52/1/013004/meta

Genz, F., & Vieyra, R. (2016). Evaluating the use of flight simulators for the NASA/AAPT "Aeronautics for Introductory Physics" educator guide. Selected papers from the 20th international conference on multimedia in physics teaching and learning, pp. 139-148. (Related work on computer simulations and mobile apps.)

Vieyra, R., Vieyra, C., Marti, A., Monteiro, M., & Jeanjacquot, P. (December 2015). Turn your smartphone into a science laboratory. The Science Teacher, 82(9), 32-40. https://my.nsta.org/resource/102882/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-science-laboratory

Vieyra, R. (August 2015). Mobile accelerometers in Aeronautics for introductory physics. NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. #EG-2015--03-004-HQ. 85-89.

Vieyra R., Edwards, T., Rowe, E., & Asbell-Clarke, J. (Summer 2015). Playing with science. The Science Teacher, 82(5), 51-59. Related work on mobile gaming.

Wenning, C., & Vieyra, R. (March/April 2015, September 2020) Using technology effectively in Teaching High School Physics, 1st and 2nd Ed. AAPT/AIP Press.

Vieyra, R., & Vieyra, C. (March 2014). “Analyzing Forces on Amusement Park Rides with Mobile Devices.” The Physics Teacher. Vol. 52, pp. 567-56. https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article-abstract/52/3/149/277442/Analyzing-Forces-on-Amusement-Park-Rides-with?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Our Presentations

Christopher, R. & Vieyra, R., (2025). Low-cost, high-impact learning: Teaching STEM with phones. [Workshop]. STEMteachersDMV. Washington, DC.

Vieyra, R., López, R., Ambrose, B., Cid, X., Donelan, D., & Willoughby, S. (2024, December 9). Physics in an Earth and space science context: Activities for high school and college from the AAPT NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT) [Poster & Presentation]. American Geophysical Union. Washington, DC.

Vieyra, R. & Megowan-Romanowicz, C. (2024, September 26). Building embodied intuition for graphs with smartphone motion games. [Workshop]. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Chicago, IL.

Johnson-Glenberg, M., Megowan-Romanowicz, C., Vieyra, R., O’Brien, D., Yu, S.-P., Liu, F., & LiKamWa, R. (2024, April 13). Gesture and embodied actions across the XR spectrum: “Fleshing-out” virtualized learner profiles. [Panel and poster]. American Education Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Vieyra, R. & Megowan-Romanowicz. (2024, March 22). Building embodied tuition for science graphs with smartphone motion games. [Workshop]. National Science Teaching Association. Denver, CO.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra Cortés, C. (2023, November 4). Do you see what I see? [Workshop]. HBCU STEM Metro Alumni Alliance High School Career Day. Washington, DC.

Megowan Romanowicz., C., O’Brien, D., Vieyra, R., Vieyra Cortés, C., & Johnston-Glenberg, M. (2023, November 2). Evaluating learning of motion graphs with a LiDAR-based smartphone application. [Poster]. Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences. Alexandria, VA.

Vieyra, R., Vieyra, C., & O’Brien, D. (2023, June 26). Embodied math and science learning with smartphones. [Workshop]. Meeting of the International Society for Technology Education. Philadelphia, PA.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2022, November 19). Do you see what I see? [Workshop]. HBCU STEM Metro Alumni Alliance High School Career Day. Washington, DC.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2022, November 5). Do you see what I see? [Workshop]. North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Greensboro, NC.

Vieyra, R., Vieyra Cortés, C., O’Brien, D., Megowan-Romanowicz, C., Johnson, M. (2022, July). LiDAR motion ranger on your iPhone to teach kinematics graphs. [Poster]. American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2022. Grand Rapids, MI.

Vieyra, R. (2022, May 27). Translating embodied cognition to the classroom: Immersive learning experiences in augmented reality (AR): Visualizing and interacting with magnetic fields. [Panel]. Association of Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (2022, April 21-22). Mobile sensors: Increasing developers’ environmental awareness. [Presentation]. DroidCon Lisbon 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2021, November 12). Seeing Earth’s magnetic field from another perspective. [Workshop]. National Science Teachers Association, National Harbor, MD.

Vieyra, R., Ambrose, B., Bailey, J. M., Cid, X., Donelan, D., Johnson-Glenberg, M., Lopez, R. E., Megowan Romanowicz, C., Vieyra, C., & Willoughby, S. (2021, August 2). Energy in magnetic fields and solar flares: A hands-on activity and preliminary assessment. AAPTSM21. [Virtual poster]. American Association of Physics Teachers.

Megowan Romanowicz, C., Vieyra, R., Johnson-Glenberg, M., Lopez, R., & Vieyra, C. (2020, July 21). MAGNA: MAgnetic General kNowledge Assessment. AAPTSM20. [Virtual poster]. American Association of Physics Teachers.

Hogan, D., Kossover, Z., Lee, N., Vieyra, R. (2020, June 17). Virtual STEMM education care package: Stay safe, stay schooled, stay sane. [Virtual presentation]. The Science & Entertainment Exchange.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (2020, June 16). Enhancing developers’ environmental awareness through mobile sensors. [Presentation]. Android Meetup DC hosted by Capital One, Washington, DC. Video

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2019, November 26). ARCore: Visualizing the Invisible. Presentation given at DroidCon San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2019, November 16). Do You Know What I See: Visualization Tools for Physics. PhysCon2019. Presentation given at the AIP Physics Congress 2019. Providence, RI.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (2019, November 26). ARCore: Visualizing the Invisible. [Presentation]. DroidCon San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Vieyra R. & Vieyra, C. (2019, September 9). ARKit: Visualizing the Invisible. iOSDevCampDC. Plenary presentation given at the public meeting of Capital One iOS developers, McLean, VA. Video

Vieyra, R., Vieyra, C., Megowan Romanowicz, C.; Johnson, M; and Lopez, R. A. (2019, July 25). Visualizing Magnetic Fields with AR. PERC19. Presentation given at the meeting of the Physics Education Research Topical Group, Provo, UT.

Vieyra, R., Vieyra, C., & Hogan, D. (2018, March 16). Smartphones as Global Lab Tools: Experiences across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. NSTA18. Poster and round table discussion at the meeting of the National Science Teaching Association Global Conversation Poster and Share-a-thon workshop, Atlanta, GA.

Vieyra, R. (Spring 2018). "Sensors for Smartphone Science." Gothenburg University & Lund University. Seminars. Gothenburg & Lund, Sweden. INVITED.

Vieyra, C.; Vieyra, R.; & Xu, B. (July 2018). "Title TBD." American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting. Washington, DC.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (July 2018). "Bringing Active STEM Learning through an Experiment-Based Game Challenge." STEM Forum. (Submitted). Philadelphia, PA.

Vieyra, R., Vieyra C., & Hogan, D. (16 March 2017). "Smartphones as Global Lab Tools: Experiences across Europe, Africa, and the Americas." Global Conversations at National Science Teachers Association

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (8 January 2017). "Using Physics Toolbox Apps to Teach about MEMs Technology." American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (7 January 2017). "Introducing Mobile Sensors through Free Gamified App Challenges: Physics Toolbox Play." American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting. San Diego, CA.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (17 &18 November 2017). "Telefonos Inteligentes para la Ensenanza de la Fisica." AAPT-MX Section Meeting. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Video. Workshop. INVITED.

Vieyra, R. (18 November 2017). "Consideraciones Pedagogicas en el Uso de Smartphones para la Ensenanza de la Fisica." AAPT-MX Section Meeting. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Plenary. INVITED.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (20 July 2017). "Mobile Apps and Sensors for STEM Teaching." Serious Play Conference. Manassass, VA. Workshop. INVITED.

Marti, A.; Monteiro, M., Vieyra, R.; & Vieyra, C. (February 2017). "Smartphone Physics." American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Workshop. INVITED.

Vieyra, R.; Vieyra, C. (21 October 2016). "Smartphone Science with Free Physics Toolbox Apps." Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Peoria, IL. Workshop.

Vieyra, R.; Vieyra, C.; Jeanjacquot, P.; Marti, A.; & Monteiro, M. (19 July 2016). "Five Smartphone Physics Lessons for Teaching NGSS' DCI Forces and Motion." American Association of Physics Teachers national conference, Sacramento, CA. Poster.

Vieyra, R. & Vieyra, C. (19 July 2016). "Smartphone and Tablet Physics: Unanswered Questions in Educational Technology." American Association of Physics Teachers national conference, Sacramento, CA. Presentation.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (19 October 2015). "Smartphones as Tricorders," webinar, International Society for Technology Education Mobile Learning Mondays Mini-Conference. http://bit.ly/1hOQj4c INVITED.

Vieyra, R. (12 September 2015). "Turn Your Mobile Device into a Science Lab Space," presentation, Scienza della Citta, Italian Physics Teachers Association. Naples, Italy. INVITED.

Vieyra, R., Genz, F., & Bresges, A. (9-11 September 2015). "Evaluating the Use of Flight Simulators for the NASA/AAPT Aeronautics for Introductory Physics Educator Guide. 20th International Conference on Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning. Munich, Germany. Related work on mobile apps and gaming.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (22 August 2015). "Turn Your Mobile Device into a Science Lab Space," webinar presentation, Northern California Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Nevada. INVITED.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (27 July 2015). "Turn Your Mobile Device into a Science Lab Space," poster session, American Association of Physics Teachers national conference. College Park, MD.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (30 June 2015). “Mobile Sensor Apps for Learning: Turn your mobile device into a lab space,” presentation and topic table leader at Mobile Makerspace Playground, International Society for Technology Education. Philadelphia, PA. INVITED.

Vieyra, R. (March 2015). “Free Mobile Sensor Apps for Data Collection and Analysis,” National Science Teachers Association national conference. Chicago, IL.

Vieyra, R. (5 January 2015). “Free Mobile Sensor Apps for Data Collection and Analysis,” American Association of Physics Teachers national conference. San Diego, CA.

Vieyra, R. (5 December 2014). “Inspiring Ideas: Mobile Devices Apps for Learning,” Google Teacher Academy. Austin, TX. INVITED.

Vieyra, C. & Vieyra, R. (Spring 2014). “Free Mobile Device Apps for Data Collection and Analysis,” Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers conference. Bloomington, IL

Physics Toolbox Major Features

TV Broadcasts

Noticia UPVTV. (27 March 2018). "Un laboratorio en el bolsillo." Spain.

Newspaper/Magazine Spread

Cleary Estep, A. (Spring 2017). "From g-Force to V-Force." IIT Magazine.

Web version. Print version. U.S.A.

El Pais. (21 September 2016). "El Profesor Es el Celular." Uruguay.

Textbooks

Ruffo, G.; & Lanotte, N. (2016). "Fisica Lezioni e Problemi: Meccanica." Zanichelli. Italy. pp. VIII, 33, 69, 105, 139, 209, 241, 281, & 343.

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Ruffo, G.; & Lanotte, N. (2016). "Fisica Lezioni e Problemi: Termodinamica, Onde, Elettromagnetismo." Zanichelli. Italy. pp. 373, 437, 471, 589, & 623.