Physics Education Research Central

PERC 2010

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.

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:

Peer Instruction: Engaging Students One-on-One, All At Once
by C. H. Crouch, J. Watkins, A. P. Fagen, and E. Mazur.

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

PER Programs

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

Browse the Educational Materials

Basic Research Achievement Alternative Conceptions Assessment Behavior Cognition Communication Learning Theory Research Design & Methodology Sample Population Societal Issues Student Characteristics Teacher Characteristics		Applied Research Active Learning Careers Classroom Management Curriculum Development Informal Education Instructional Material Design Learning Environment Pedagogy Professional Development Recruitment School Improvement Teacher Preparation Technology
By Topic: Astronomy, Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics, General Physics, Modern Physics, Optics, Oscillations & Waves, Other Sciences, Quantum Physics, Relativity, Thermo & Stat Mech

PERWiki

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

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