This nonprofit web consortium features the latest discoveries by scientists at more than 60 leading research universities in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Launched in 2009, the…
E. Redish and D. Hammer, Am. J. Phys., 77 (7), 629-642 (2009).
The University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group has done a five-year project to rethink, observe, and reform introductory algebra-based (college) physics, which primarily…
J. Watkins, J. Coffey, E. Redish, and T. Cooke, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (1), 010112 (2012).
Educators and policy makers have advocated for reform of undergraduate biology education, calling for greater integration of mathematics and physics in the biology curriculum. While…
S. Willoughby and A. Metz, Am. J. Phys., 77 (7), 651-657 (2009).
To investigate differences in learning gains by gender, we collected data in large introductory astronomy and biology courses. Male astronomy students had significantly higher pre-…
B. Dreyfus, E. Redish, and J. Watkins, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 179-182.
Energy concepts are fundamental across the sciences, yet these concepts can be fragmented along disciplinary boundaries, rather than integrated into a coherent whole. To teach…
