Physics Education Research at CU-Boulder
News & Announcements
Spring Break Fun!
Spring Break 2012 was accompanied by beautiful weather and opportunities for outdoor fun!
NEW Book on Physics Teacher Preparation!
PhysTEC has published a new book on the science of preparing physical science educators.
Congratulations!
Kathy Perkins & Noah Podolefsky are Finalists for PERC proceedings best paper
Kathy Perkins featured on CU Connections
The University of Colorado Connections site gives Kathy Perkins its five-question interview
Physics Education Research at CU-Boulder
The Physics Education Research Group at Colorado (PER@C) is one of the newest and largest research programs in PER in the nation. Our research group develops and studies: uses of technology in physics education, assessments (conceptual, epistemological, and belief oriented), theoretical models of students learning physics, social and contextual foundations of student learning, examination of successful educational reforms and replication studies of such reforms, and student problem-solving in physics. We sponsor a number of educational reforms in physics, which range from pre-college to post-doctoral. The research group includes faculty, staff, and students from both the Department of Physics and the School of Education. read more »
Upcoming Events
- Apr 23: Noah Podolefsky
- Apr 30: Danny Caballero
- May 07: Ed Price (Cal St. San Marcos)
Featured Project: Integrating STEM Education
Integrating STEM Education at Colorado (ISTEM) is a program to synergize and integrate the various science, technology, engineering and math education programs and projects at CU Boulder. ISTEM is a 5-year initiative to establish the University of Colorado as a national hub of STEM education research and reform. Specifically, ISTEM will become a distributed national institute located within the University of Colorado to coordinate and centralize: 1) efforts to transform STEM education, 2) research on STEM education, 3) STEM Teacher preparation. Integrating STEM Education is a Signature Program of the University of Colorado and an NSF Innovation through Institutional Integration Program.