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

Aug 31	Computational Modeling in Physics First Bootstrap
Aug 1	Tychos - Hackable Simulations
Jul 20	Secondary analysis of teaching methods in introductory physics: A 50 k-student study
Jul 10	Equity investigation of attitudinal shifts in introductory physics

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October 17th History

1933: Albert Einstein arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
Source: Physics Infomall.