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.
PER News
The University of Illinois at Chicago invites applicants for a joint faculty position at the rank of assistant professor in Natural Sciences and the Learning Sciences. The position starts August 16, 2010.
Upcoming PER Events
A meeting description is currently being developed by the Conference Chair and will be available by September 1, 2009. Please check back for updates.
Join us for intellectual engagement with colleagues from a range of learning sciences-affiliated disciplines, keynote addresses from Dr. Carl Weiman, Dr. Koeno Gravemeijer and Dr. Pamela Grossman, walks along Lake Michigan, deep dish pizza, and jazz music as a part of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, June 29-July 2, 2010!
Reviews in Physics Education Research
Over the past two decades, the PER community has developed a number of effective instructional strategies for calculus-based university physics classes.
This review article helps to bring a set of those results to the instructional community:
The Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) project
by R. J. Beichner, J. M. Saul, D. S. Abbott, J. J. Morse, D. L. Deardorff, R. J. Allain, S. W. Bonham, M. H. Dancy, and J. S. Risley.
Find more articles that help to bridge research and practice in Volume 1 of Reviews in PER.
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