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Dedicated to investigating and documenting significant issues and challenges in the education of
physics teacher candidates. With a focus on the scholarship of teaching, the journal seeks to
generate discussion and promulgate sustainable, long-term changes in educational research, policy
and practice.
http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/
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The CPU Project
The Constructing Physics Understanding in a Computer-Supported Learning Environment Project (or the
CPU Project) is aimed at creating laboratory and computer-based materials to support a learning
environment where students take primary responsibility for developing valid and robust knowledge in
physics.
http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/web/CPU/default.html
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VideoGraph Development Project
Describes an NSF-sponsored project with a central task to develop improved instructional materials
for introductory physics instruction which take advantage of state-of-the-art technology. Links to
a 22-page pdf-format paper submitted to the AJP, "American Journal of Physics: Impact of Video
Motion Analysis on Kinematics Graph Interpretation Skills."
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/physics/Physics_Ed/VideoGraph.html
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University of Minnesota Physics Education Research Group
Provides links to U of Minnesota PER research as well as to other PER groups, organizations, and
persons of note.
http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/
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Ohio State University Physics Education Research Group
Tools, people, projects, grants, seminars, and links.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~physedu/
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Dave's Physics Education Page
Talks, papers and favorite quotes and links of Ohio State Professor Dave Van Domelen.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/index.html
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Montana State University Physics and Astronomy Education Research Group
Research pages and description of Ph.D. program in physics education research.
http://www.physics.montana.edu/physed/
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PERC 2001: Research at the Interface
Rochester, NY, USA, July 25-26, 2001. Find an agenda and registration details.
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/PERC2001.html
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Papers in Physics Education Research: 2000
List includes papers that may be of interest to researchers in physics education and to physics
teachers interested in making their classrooms more effective. Papers have been selected that focus
on high school or college level physics teaching, though they may occasionally be papers describing
work with younger students if they seem relevant. This list includes papers published with calendar
dates of 2000.
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/pap00.htm
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Kinematics Graph Interpretation Project
Investigates the ability of students to interpret kinematics graphs, and generates a set of
suggestions for faculty teaching the subject.
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/physics/Physics_Ed/TUGK.html
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PERC 2000: Teacher Education.
Physics Education Research Conference held in tandem with the 2000 summer meeting of the American
Association of Physics Teachers at the University of Guelph. August 2-3, 2000.
http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~rstein/perc2000.htm
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Modeling Workshop Project
The Modeling Method has been developed to correct many weaknesses of the traditional
lecture-demonstration method, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the
persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world.
http://modeling.la.asu.edu/modeling.html
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The Constructing Ideas in Physical Science (CIPS) Project
An inquiry-based, year long physical science course that engages middle school students in
constructing meaningful understanding of important physical science concepts. Extensive hands-on
experiences will be complemented by powerful and innovative computer software. The course consists
of six units.
http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/web/cips/
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Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs
Guided construction labs featuring hands-and-heads-on experiments in introductory mechanics. Their
effectiveness in promoting student crossover to the Newtonian World has been demonstrated by
rigorous pre-post testing. SDI is an outgrowth of Richard Hake's research at Indiana U,
Bloomington.
http://media4.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/index.html
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research in Physics Education
Research in physics education focuses the attention of the physicist on aspects of the processes of
teaching and learning physics. Research topics in this field span a broad range, from psychology to
computer science.
http://physics.unl.edu/~rpeg/rpeg.html
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UMass Physics Education Research Group (UMPERG)
PER at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Our website provides perspectives on pedagogy,
educational research results, applications to teaching, and curriculum materials.
http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/
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Ohio State University Physics Education Research Group
Description of the program plus links to other PER groups and information.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~physedu/home.htm
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KSU Physics Education Research Group
Kansas State University has one of the oldest active physics education research programs in the
US. The Physics Education Group investigates how students learn and understand physics and
develops ways to improve the learning and teaching of physics. Program is headed by Dean Zollman.
http://web.phys.ksu.edu/
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University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group
Describes the work being done by the Physics Education Research Group (PERG) at the U of Maryland.
There are also many resources for physics teachers and physics education researchers.
http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/ripe/perg/
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C3P--Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics
C3P is a curriculum project designed to implement research from physics education into high school
physics courses and is supported by an NSF grant. The offices of C3P are located at the University
of Dallas. Project is run by Richard Olenick.
http://phys.udallas.edu/
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Institute of Physics Education (Germany)
Information about researchers and their projects.
http://www.physik.uni-bremen.de/physics.education/
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University of Washington Physics Education Research Group
PER at U of Washington
http://www.phys.washington.edu/groups/peg/
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NCSU Physics Education Research (PER)
PER department within North Carolina State University. Provides links for further information on
the subject.
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/physics/Physics_Ed/index.html
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Scientific Reasoning Research Institute (SRRI)
An interdisciplinary research organization devoted to the study of learning and instruction in the
sciences and mathematics. Researchers perform cognitive research and apply it to the development of
curricula to teach science and mathematics concepts and problem solving skills. SRRI is located at
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
http://www.umass.edu/srri/
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Physics Modeling Workshop Project at Arizona State University
The Modeling Method has been developed to correct many weaknesses of the traditional
lecture-demonstration method, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the
persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world.
http://modeling.la.asu.edu/
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