... policy Educational organizations Educational research Physics and society Physics education research Teacher training Teaching Teaching strategy Universities A View From Physics: Discipline-Based Education Research is dedicated to the memory of Mark N. McDermott; to all past, present...

...Educational program Students Educator Teacher training With over a decade of experience as a physics instructor, I began conducting formal research in physics education in 1973 when I became an Assistant Professor. I had become convinced of the value of teaching by asking questions rather than...

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...Physics education research Curriculum development Teacher training Scientific inquiry Electronic circuits Physical quantities Research, curriculum development, and instruction are all most effective as part of an iterative process that can proceed in either direction. Two decades of experience...

...Teacher training To teach science as a process of inquiry, teachers need to be able to recognize and address common student difficulties. Pedagogy ought to be taught by example, not by assertion. If teachers only identify physics with formulas, so will their students. In science, how we...

...Physics education research Science education Educational aids Teacher training Educational research Special relativity Electrodynamics Quantum mechanics The Physics Education Group (PEG) at the University of Washington (UW) has had a major impact on the practice and field of physics...

...Physics education research Discipline-based education research Educational research Curriculum development Teacher training The Physics Education Group (PEG) at the University of Washington (UW) has contributed nationally and internationally to the establishment of a supportive structure...

...Physics education research Curriculum development Scientific inquiry Teacher training Three themes which weave through this narrative and which have motivated the writing of this book are a conviction of the value of Physics Education Research (PER) as an empirical applied science, a desire...

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... Educational assessment Teaching Educational aids Teacher training Fundamental physics Acknowledgments Thank you to the following individuals who without their contributions and support this book would not have been written. Mary Lou Lock, my wonderful wife, who tolerates my many projects. Dr. Brian Thoms...

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