Physics Teacher Characteristics and Classroom Practices

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written by Melissa S. Taylor and Jeffrey A. Phillips

One hundred eighteen high school and college teachers in Southern California completed a web-based survey designed to better understand the differences in physics classrooms and the reasons behind the teachers' choices. Survey topics included teachers' familiarity and use of research-based instructional strategies, amount of student-student interaction in their classes, their views about teaching and their interactions with the physics teaching community. Partial results from the survey are presented in this paper. Among the findings was that while increased interactions with colleagues correlated with more student-student interactions, increased participation in conferences or reading of journals related to physics teaching did not.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 317-320

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Published: August 24, 2010

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Education Foundations - Assessment = Methods - Teacher Characteristics General Physics - Physics Education Research	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2010 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515233
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Di; 01.40.G-; 01.40.J-
Keywords:: introductory course, teacher attitudes, PERC 2010, teaching methods
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 9, 2010 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: May 1, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010
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Taylor, Melissa S., and Jeffrey A. Phillips. "Physics Teacher Characteristics and Classroom Practices." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10489&DocID=1944 (accessed 25 April 2024).

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Taylor, Melissa S., and Jeffrey A. Phillips. "Physics Teacher Characteristics and Classroom Practices." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 317-320 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10489&DocID=1944>.

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