The Physics Source: A Resource for Introductory Physics Courses

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The Physics Source is a collection of resources for introductory college level physics courses. It includes curriculum, curriculum support material, reference material, and pedagogical and physics education research inspired content.

The Source relies on you, the community of teachers, to expand and maintain its holdings.

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Equity investigation of attitudinal shifts in introductory physics
This study explores the impact of University Modeling Instruction on student attitudes regarding science, with a focus on the impact of gender and ethnicity.
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Latest Source Materials

Jun 27	Gender differences in self-efficacy states in high school physics
Jun 12	Reducing the gender gap in students’ physics self-efficacy in a team- and project-based introductory physics class
Jun 6	Observable Features of Active Science Education Practices
Jun 6	A graduate program for high school physics and physical science teachers

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AAPT Summer Meeting 2019
July 20 - 24, 2019 in Provo Utah

Past events

July 20th History

1937: Guglielmo Marconi died in Rome and radio stations throughout the world observed two minutes of silence in tribute. His Nobel lecture, "Wireless telegraphic communication," was presented December 11, 1909.
Source: Physics Infomall; Wikipeida.