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"Implementing Research Based
Instructional Materials in the Physics Classroom: From the
Introductory Physics Class to a Course for the Professional
Development of Teachers" |
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Physics education researchers have learned a great deal about students' knowledge and have developed many instructional environments to help students resolve robust conceptual difficulties. Often, the difficulties students possess in high school persist in college, and for many students, they persist after one or more years of college level physics. In order to address some of these issues the Physics Program at Chicago State University is engaged in two major projects to address the needs of teachers and students in the high schools as well as the students in the introductory physics classes at a comprehensive urban institution. In this talk I describe these programs and highlight some of our successes and challenges. |