Twenty Questions for PER: How Does It All Fit Together?

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written by Edward F. Redish and Michael C. Wittmann

In physics education research (PER), we have focused our attention for many years on finding ways to improve our instruction and have achieved some notable successes. In this paper, we suggest that the time has come to embed this activity in a more complete and scientific view of PER, one that builds a coherent understanding of the system of teaching and learning in addition to improving the practice of our instruction. We outline five broad topics of interest for PER and discuss questions that need to be addressed in each topic over the next few years. The topics are: the model of the participants, the model of the contexts, the model of the content, the engineering of instruction, and the overall epistemology of PER -- How do we decide when we think we know something?

Physics Education Research Conference 2004
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Sacramento, California: August 4-5, 2004
Volume 790, Pages 11-14

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Published: September 1, 2005

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Education Foundations - Research Design & Methodology Education Practices - Pedagogy = Instructional Issues General Physics - Physics Education Research	- Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Report

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.2084689
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Keywords:: PERC 2004, education, engineering of instruction, epistemology, invited paper, model of content, model of contexts, model of participants, physics, physics education research, research and development management, teaching
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Redish, Edward F., and Michael Wittmann. "Twenty Questions for PER: How Does It All Fit Together?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9520&DocID=3464 (accessed 4 May 2025).

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Redish, Edward F., and Michael Wittmann. "Twenty Questions for PER: How Does It All Fit Together?." Physics Education Research Conference 2004. Sacramento, California: 2004. 11-14 Vol. 790 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 4 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9520&DocID=3464>.

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