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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

Assistant Professor in Natural Sciences and the Learning Sciences

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

Gordon Research Conferences - Physics Education Research

A meeting description is currently being developed by the Conference Chair and will be available by September 1, 2009. Please check back for updates.

International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2010

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:

Investigative Science Learning Environment - A Science Process Approach to Learning Physics
by E. Etkina and A Van Heuvelen.

Find more articles that help to bridge research and practice in Volume 1 of Reviews in PER.

Recent Forum Posts

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PER Programs

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