News & Events
Past Events
Physics Education Research Conference 2023
July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
in Sacramento, California
AAPT and the PER Topical Group event
PERC 2023 will be held July 19-20, 2023 in Sacramento, California. The theme will be "Working together to Strengthen the PER Community of Practice."
Physics Education Research Conference 2022
July 13, 2022 - July 14, 2022
in Grand Rapids, Michigan
AAPT and the PER Topical Group event
PERC 2022 will be held July 13-14, 2022 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The theme will be "Queering Physics Education."
Physics Education Research Conference 2021
August 4, 2021 - August 5, 2021
in Online
AAPT and the PER Topical Group event
PERC 2021 will be held August 4, 2021 - August 5, 2021 online. The theme will be "Making Physics More Inclusive and Eliminating Exclusionary Practices in Physics."
Physics Education Research Conference 2020
July 22, 2020 - July 23, 2020
in Grand Rapids, MI
AAPT and the PER Topical Group event
PERC 2020 will be held July 22-23, 2020 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The theme will be "Insights, Reflections, & Future Directions: Emergent Themes in the Evolving PER Community."
News
- Announcing the PhysRev PER Statistical Modeling Review Committee
- New committee will support high-quality statistical modeling techniques published and/or referenced in PhysRev PER. Committee chair and members will serve three-year terms.
- published by Physics Review Physics Education Research on April 10, 2023
- PERC 2013 Proceedings Paper Award - finalists and winner
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The winner of the 2013 PERC Proceedings Paper Award is Content knowledge for teaching energy: An example from middle-school physical science.
Finalist papers included: Students' dynamic geometric reasoning about quantum spin-1/2 states and Development and results from a survey on students' views of experiments in lab classes and research. - published by PERLOC on January 30, 2014
- Educators explore innovative "theater" as a way to learn physics
- New press release: In a study released this week, education researchers found that personifying energy allowed students to grapple with difficult ideas about how energy works.
- published by PERG on July 23, 2013
