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Learning to Think Like Scientists with the PET Curriculum 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Practices / Teacher Preparation
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Cognition / Cognition Development
Education Foundations / Research Design & Methodology
Education Practices / Active Learning / Inquiry Learning
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V. Otero and K. Gray - Conference Proceedings
Instructional techniques based on research in cognitive science and physics education have been used in physics courses to enhance student learning. While dramatic increases in conceptual understanding have ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820922
Promoting Instructional Change in New Faculty: An Evaluation of the Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop 
  
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C. Henderson - Conference Proceedings
An important finding of Physics Education Research (PER) is that traditional, transmission-based instructional approaches are generally not effective in promoting meaningful student learning. Instead, PER ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820911
How Elementary Teachers Use What We Teach: The Impact Of PER At The K-5 Level 
  
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D. Harlow - Conference Proceedings
This paper presents an investigation of how a professional development course based on the Physics and Everyday Thinking (PET) curriculum affected the teaching practices of five case study elementary teachers. ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820907
Physics Faculty and Educational Researchers: Divergent Expectations as Barriers to the Diffusion of Innovations 
  
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C. Henderson and M. Dancy - Conference Proceedings
To identify barriers to the dissemination of innovative instructional strategies we conducted interviews with 5 physics instructors who represent likely users of educational research. One significant barrier ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177045
Developing an Inquiry-Based Physical Science Course For Preservice Elementary Teachers 
  
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Upper Undergraduate
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General Physics / Physics Education Research
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Z. Hrepic, P. Adams, J. Zeller, N. Talbott, G. Taggart, and L. Young - Conference Proceedings
Preservice elementary teachers should experience science through inquiry in order to be effective in teaching science. In addition, inquiry as a mode of teaching is mandated by Kansas and National Science ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177038
A Preliminary Study of the Effectiveness of Different Recitation Teaching Methods 
  
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Education Practices / Pedagogy
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R. Endorf, K. Koenig, and G. Braun - Conference Proceedings
We present preliminary results from a comparative study of student understanding for students who attended recitation classes which used different teaching methods. Student volunteers from our introductory ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177030
A Comparison of Student Understanding of Seasons Using Inquiry and Didactic Teaching Methods 
  
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P. Ashcraft - Conference Proceedings
Student performance on open-ended questions concerning seasons in a university physical science content course was examined to note differences between classes that experienced inquiry using a 5-E lesson planning ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177029
Ohio Teacher Professional Development in the Physical Sciences 
  
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J. Cervenec and K. Harper - Conference Proceedings
An in-service teacher program held during the summers of 2004 and 2005 is described. This program, sponsored with state funds, drew a varied group of participants to learn Modeling Instruction in physics. ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177016
The Impact of Teacher Quality Grants on Long-Term Professional Development of Physical Science Teachers 
  
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M. Urquhart and K. Bober - Conference Proceedings
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Teacher Quality Grants, supported through No Child Left Behind, are intended to ensure that secondary teachers of specific subjects are "highly qualified". Now ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177015
Meeting the Needs of Our Future and In-Service Teachers 
  
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R. Lindell, D. Franke, E. Peak, T. Withee, and T. Foster - Conference Proceedings
In the last five years the State of Illinois radically changed its Science certification programs. This change resulted in the creation of a new certification in Earth and Space Science. To meet the requirements ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177014
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