Physics Education Research at CU-Boulder
News & Announcements
iSTEM Symposium Brings CU Community together for STEM Eduacation
The Innaugrual Integrating STEM Sympsoium kicked-off this new initative and brought together University Administrators and over 25 education programs from CU.
Otero Wins Provost Faculty Achievement Award
Dr. Otero wins the 2009-2010, Provost award for facaulty achievement based on her article in Science. Award will be made at the Best Should Teach Awards.
Mayhew & Finkelstein win 2009 Campus Diversity Award
Dr's Mayhew and Finkelstein won a 2009 Campus Diversity Award for the Partners in Informal Science in the Community (PISEC) program
CU Wins National Award:
NSF:
I3 - STEM Education
Under the direction of the Provost, researchers in the PER and DBER groups will lead an effort to build a national center in STEM Education
Pollock Named Presidential Scholar
Steven Pollock was named as a President's Teaching Scholars, one of CU's highest honors for teaching and scholarly endeavors.
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
- Nov 17: Michael Marder, Professor & UTeach Director, University of Texas at Austin
- Nov 19: Chandra Turpen
- Nov 26: No group meeting, Happy Thanksgiving!
- Dec 3: Laura Archibald
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.