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The Modeling Method has been developed to correct many weaknesses of the traditional lecture-demonstration method, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world.
modeling.la.asu.edu
NCSU Physics Education Research (PER)
PER department within North Carolina State University. Provides links for further information on the subject.
www2.ncsu.edu
University of Washington Physics Education Research Group
PER at U of Washington
www.phys.washington.edu
Institute of Physics Education (Germany)
Information about researchers and their projects.
www.physik.uni-bremen.de
C3P--Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics
C3P is a curriculum project designed to implement research from physics education into high school physics courses and is supported by an NSF grant. The offices of C3P are located at the University of Dallas. Project is run by Richard Olenick.
phys.udallas.edu
KSU Physics Education Research Group
Kansas State University has one of the oldest active physics education research programs in the US. The Physics Education Group investigates how students learn and understand physics and develops ways to improve the learning and teaching of physics. Program is headed by Dean Zollman.
web.phys.ksu.edu
Ohio State University Physics Education Research Group
Description of the program plus links to other PER groups and information.
www.physics.ohio-state.edu
UMass Physics Education Research Group (UMPERG)
PER at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Our website provides perspectives on pedagogy, educational research results, applications to teaching, and curriculum materials.
umperg.physics.umass.edu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research in Physics Education
Research in physics education focuses the attention of the physicist on aspects of the processes of teaching and learning physics. Research topics in this field span a broad range, from psychology to computer science.
physics.unl.edu
Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs
Guided construction labs featuring hands-and-heads-on experiments in introductory mechanics. Their effectiveness in promoting student crossover to the Newtonian World has been demonstrated by rigorous pre-post testing. SDI is an outgrowth of Richard Hake's research at Indiana U, Bloomington.
media4.physics.indiana.edu
The Constructing Ideas in Physical Science (CIPS) Project
An inquiry-based, year long physical science course that engages middle school students in constructing meaningful understanding of important physical science concepts. Extensive hands-on experiences will be complemented by powerful and innovative computer software. The course consists of six units.
cpucips.sdsu.edu
Physics Education Research Conference held in tandem with the 2000 summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers at the University of Guelph. August 2-3, 2000.
www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Kinematics Graph Interpretation Project
Investigates the ability of students to interpret kinematics graphs, and generates a set of suggestions for faculty teaching the subject.
www2.ncsu.edu
Papers in Physics Education Research: 2000
List includes papers that may be of interest to researchers in physics education and to physics teachers interested in making their classrooms more effective. Papers have been selected that focus on high school or college level physics teaching, though they may occasionally be papers describing work with younger students if they seem relevant. This list includes papers published with calendar dates of 2000.
www.physics.umd.edu
Talks, papers and favorite quotes and links of Ohio State Professor Dave Van Domelen.
www.physics.ohio-state.edu