News & Events
Past Events
Physics Education Research Conference 2024
July 10, 2024 - July 11, 2024
in Boston, Massachusetts
AAPT and the PER Topical Group event
PERC 2024 will be held July 10-11, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. The theme will be "Bridging the Institutional Gap: PER at Primarily Undergraduate Four Year Institution, Two-Year College, and K-12 Levels."
June 20, 2024 - June 23, 2024
The fifth FFPERPS (Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research: Puget Sound) conference will be held June 20-23, 2024 at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center.
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."
News
Announcing the PhysRev PER Statistical Modeling Review Committee
published by Physics Review Physics Education Research on
April 10, 2023
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.
PERC 2013 Proceedings Paper Award - finalists and winner
published by PERLOC on
January 30, 2014
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.
Educators explore innovative "theater" as a way to learn physics
published by PERG on
July 23, 2013
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.
