News & Events
Past Events
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."
June 18, 2020 - June 21, 2020
The fifth FFPERPS (Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research: Puget Sound) conference will be held June 18-21, 2020 at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center.
News
- 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
- PERC 2013 Abstract Submission is open
- Invited abstracts are due by May 24. Contributed abstracts are due by May 31.
- published on May 1, 2013