...Front Matter A View From Physics: Discipline-Based Education Research presents the author’s account as one of the founders of the field of physics education research, the scientific study of the teaching and learning of physics. The hallmark of this relatively new field is the use...

...Physics education research Discipline-based education research Educational research Curriculum development Kinematics Electronic circuits Although some faculty consider the development of lectures and experiments as sufficient to fulfill a faculty research requirement, this was not the view...

...Physics education research Curriculum development Teacher training Curriculum Science education Science education Scientific inquiry Physical optics The formation of the Physics Education Group (PEG) at the University of Washington grew out of, and significantly contributed...

...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...

...Physics education research Curriculum development Science education Physical optics Educational aids Kinematics Atomic emission spectroscopy Computers in education During the development of Physics by Inquiry (PbI), we posed several qualitative questions in large introductory...

...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...

...Index A View From Physics: Discipline-Based Education Research presents the author’s account as one of the founders of the field of physics education research, the scientific study of the teaching and learning of physics. The hallmark of this relatively new field is the use of rigorous...

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