Welcome to PER-Central

Welcome to PER-Central, a collection of information and resources for physics education research. Here you will find articles, theses and dissertations, research groups, curricular material, and news and events that are of interest to the PER Community. Click here to find out more about PER-Central.

Upcoming PER Events

FFPER: Puget Sound 2012

The second FFPERPS (Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research: Puget Sound) conference will be held June 21-24, 2012, at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in Diablo, WA.

The conference provides a forum for examining and articulating the current state of the PER field, exploring future directions, and discussing ways to pursue promising avenues of research.  The structure of the conference, based on that of the FFPER conference held in Bar Harbor, Maine, includes plenary talks, targeted sessions, contributed poster sessions, and substantial free time for informal interactions.

Reviews in Physics Education Research

Volume 2 of Reviews in PER is dedicated to helping researchers get started in Physics Education Research. In this review article, a member of the PER community presents an overview of an area of PER:

Getting Started in Qualitative Physics Education Research
by V. K. Otero and D. B. Harlow.

Find more articles introducing PER research methods in Volume 2 of Reviews in PER.

 

PER Programs

Map of PER Programs

Take a look at our map of Physics Education Research (PER) programs to browse the different PER groups and their research.

PERWiki

The Physics Education Research Wiki on PER-Central provides a collaborative space for works of general interest to the PER community.