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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.

Upcoming PER Events

Gordon Research Conferences - Physics Education Research

The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Physics Research and Education, the sixth in this series of conferences, will focus on the expanding and deepening role of and connection between experimental research and laboratories in physics instruction, with particular emphasis on undergraduate education. The purpose of this conference is to have a serious discussion about cutting-edge experimental research in physics and physics education and laboratories in physics education.

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:

Matter & Interactions
by R. Chabay and B. Sherwood.

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

Recent Forum Posts

March 10 at 4:32 AM EST
Lyle posted Program Information to the University of California, Davis thread.

 

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.