S. McKagan, W. Handley, K. Perkins, and C. Wieman, Am. J. Phys., 77 (1), 87-94 (2009).
Physics faculty consider the photoelectric effect important, but many erroneously believe it is easy for students to understand. We have developed curriculum on this topic including…
E. Redish and D. Hammer, Am. J. Phys., 77 (7), 629-642 (2009).
The University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group has done a five-year project to rethink, observe, and reform introductory algebra-based (college) physics, which primarily…
Editors: E. Redish and J. Rigden; Publisher: American Institute of Physics, International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education, 399 (1996).
The proceedings of the August 1996 conference, The Changing Role of Physics Departments in Modern Universities, is arranged in two volumes. Volume 1 contains the conference…
S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, R. Pepper, and K. Perkins, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (2), 020107 (2012).
Over the course of four years, we have researched and transformed a key course in the career of an undergraduate physics major—junior-level electricity and magnetism. With the aim of…
C. Manogue, P. Siemens, J. Tate, K. Browne, M. Niess, and A. Wolfer, Am. J. Phys., 69 (9), 978-990 (2001).
We describe a new curriculum for the final two years of a B.S. program in Physics. Case studies in the junior year provide concrete examples or Paradigms as pillars to support…
