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American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 2001
Research on the learning and teaching of physics is essential for cumulative improvement in physi... more Research on the learning and teaching of physics is essential for cumulative improvement in physics instruction. Pursuing this goal through systematic research is efficient and greatly increases the likelihood that innovations will be effective beyond a particular instructor or institutional setting. The perspective taken is that teaching is a science as well as an art. Research conducted by physicists who are actively engaged in teaching can be the key to setting high ͑yet realistic͒ standards, to helping students meet expectations, and to assessing the extent to which real learning takes place.
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1984
Physics Education, Jan 1, 2000
The Physics Education Group at the University of Washington is deeply involved in preparing K-12 ... more The Physics Education Group at the University of Washington is deeply involved in preparing K-12 teachers to teach physics and physical science by inquiry. During the academic year, the Department offers special courses for preservice (prospective) teachers. During the summer, the group conducts a sixweek, intensive NSF Summer Institute for Inservice Teachers. The group also designs and helps conduct local short-term workshops for teachers. This paper is a distillation of more than 25 years of experience in working with K-12 teachers. Teacher preparation has been an integral part of our group's comprehensive program in research, curriculum development, and instruction. Research by our group focuses on investigations of student understanding in physics. The results are used to guide the design of instructional materials for various student populations at the introductory level and beyond. We have drawn on our research findings and teaching experience in developing Physics by Inquiry. 2 This self-contained, laboratory-based curriculum is designed for use in university courses to prepare K-12 teachers to teach physics and physical science effectively. Ongoing assesment of the instructional materials takes place both at our university and at pilot sites.
American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 1997
Early in his career Robert Millikan experimented with a laboratory-based method of teaching intro... more Early in his career Robert Millikan experimented with a laboratory-based method of teaching introductory physics that bears close resemblance to Workshop Physics. In this talk, key elements of Workshop Physics are summarized. Some Workshop Physics activities are described ...
Physics education, Jan 1, 1979
Page 1. History and quasi-history in physics education. I This article has been downloaded from I... more Page 1. History and quasi-history in physics education. I This article has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text article. 1979 Phys. Educ. 14 108 (http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/14/2/009) ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1987
... Some problems with physics education Traditional science instruction in the US, refined by de... more ... Some problems with physics education Traditional science instruction in the US, refined by decades of work, has been shown to be ineffective in altering student misconceptions and simplistic understandings. Even at the university level, stu-Page 3. ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1980
... He obtained his MSc at the University of Cape Town and his PhD at Rhodes University. He has p... more ... He obtained his MSc at the University of Cape Town and his PhD at Rhodes University. He has published papers and books in the $elds of psychoacoustics, ionosphericphysics and physics education. He is currently a moderator ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 2001
This article provides a brief overview of cognitive research findings from the last 25 years pert... more This article provides a brief overview of cognitive research findings from the last 25 years pertinent to the teaching and learning of physics, and discusses the implications of this research both for structuring the training of prospective physics instructors, and for reforming physics instruction.
American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 1999
The purpose of this Resource Letter is to provide an overview of research on the learning and tea... more The purpose of this Resource Letter is to provide an overview of research on the learning and teaching of physics. The references have been selected to meet the needs of two groups of physicists engaged in physics education. The first is the growing number whose field of scholarly inquiry is (or might become) physics education research. The second is the much larger community of physics instructors whose primary interest is in using the results from research as a guide for improving instruction.© 1999 American Association of ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1980
Page 1. A technique for exploring students' views of the world This article has been downloa... more Page 1. A technique for exploring students' views of the world This article has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text article. 1980 Phys. Educ. 15 376 (http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/15/6/312) ...
American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 2001
Research on the learning and teaching of physics is essential for cumulative improvement in physi... more Research on the learning and teaching of physics is essential for cumulative improvement in physics instruction. Pursuing this goal through systematic research is efficient and greatly increases the likelihood that innovations will be effective beyond a particular instructor or institutional setting. The perspective taken is that teaching is a science as well as an art. Research conducted by physicists who are actively engaged in teaching can be the key to setting high ͑yet realistic͒ standards, to helping students meet expectations, and to assessing the extent to which real learning takes place.
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1984
Physics Education, Jan 1, 2000
The Physics Education Group at the University of Washington is deeply involved in preparing K-12 ... more The Physics Education Group at the University of Washington is deeply involved in preparing K-12 teachers to teach physics and physical science by inquiry. During the academic year, the Department offers special courses for preservice (prospective) teachers. During the summer, the group conducts a sixweek, intensive NSF Summer Institute for Inservice Teachers. The group also designs and helps conduct local short-term workshops for teachers. This paper is a distillation of more than 25 years of experience in working with K-12 teachers. Teacher preparation has been an integral part of our group's comprehensive program in research, curriculum development, and instruction. Research by our group focuses on investigations of student understanding in physics. The results are used to guide the design of instructional materials for various student populations at the introductory level and beyond. We have drawn on our research findings and teaching experience in developing Physics by Inquiry. 2 This self-contained, laboratory-based curriculum is designed for use in university courses to prepare K-12 teachers to teach physics and physical science effectively. Ongoing assesment of the instructional materials takes place both at our university and at pilot sites.
American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 1997
Early in his career Robert Millikan experimented with a laboratory-based method of teaching intro... more Early in his career Robert Millikan experimented with a laboratory-based method of teaching introductory physics that bears close resemblance to Workshop Physics. In this talk, key elements of Workshop Physics are summarized. Some Workshop Physics activities are described ...
Physics education, Jan 1, 1979
Page 1. History and quasi-history in physics education. I This article has been downloaded from I... more Page 1. History and quasi-history in physics education. I This article has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text article. 1979 Phys. Educ. 14 108 (http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/14/2/009) ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1987
... Some problems with physics education Traditional science instruction in the US, refined by de... more ... Some problems with physics education Traditional science instruction in the US, refined by decades of work, has been shown to be ineffective in altering student misconceptions and simplistic understandings. Even at the university level, stu-Page 3. ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1980
... He obtained his MSc at the University of Cape Town and his PhD at Rhodes University. He has p... more ... He obtained his MSc at the University of Cape Town and his PhD at Rhodes University. He has published papers and books in the $elds of psychoacoustics, ionosphericphysics and physics education. He is currently a moderator ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 2001
This article provides a brief overview of cognitive research findings from the last 25 years pert... more This article provides a brief overview of cognitive research findings from the last 25 years pertinent to the teaching and learning of physics, and discusses the implications of this research both for structuring the training of prospective physics instructors, and for reforming physics instruction.
American Journal of Physics, Jan 1, 1999
The purpose of this Resource Letter is to provide an overview of research on the learning and tea... more The purpose of this Resource Letter is to provide an overview of research on the learning and teaching of physics. The references have been selected to meet the needs of two groups of physicists engaged in physics education. The first is the growing number whose field of scholarly inquiry is (or might become) physics education research. The second is the much larger community of physics instructors whose primary interest is in using the results from research as a guide for improving instruction.© 1999 American Association of ...
Physics Education, Jan 1, 1980
Page 1. A technique for exploring students' views of the world This article has been downloa... more Page 1. A technique for exploring students' views of the world This article has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text article. 1980 Phys. Educ. 15 376 (http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/15/6/312) ...