As a result of the “Nation at Risk” report in 1983 and in response to the great concern for the state of high school science teaching, the leaders of the American Association of Physics Teachers began to think about having a program of professional growth led by high school teachers. A proposal for the “Development of Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRAs),” developed by Jack Wilson, Don Kirwan, and John Layman, and directed by Jim Nelson, was funded (1985-1989) by the National Science Foundation.

Topics
Education, Teaching, National Science Foundation, Funding
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2001
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