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The Physics Education Research Group at Colorado (PER@C) is one of largest research programs in physics education research (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 faculty and institutional change. The research group includes faculty, staff, and students from both the Department of Physics and the School of Education.

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Featured Project: Writing in Physics Labs

Writing is an integral part of the process of science. In the undergraduate physics curriculum, the most common place that students engage with scientific writing is in lab classes, typically through lab notebooks, reports, and proposals. Writing may be included in lab classes in order to help students develop communication skills, create opportunities for students to engage in authentic disciplinary practices, support social emotional experiences in the lab, facilitate learning, or to facilitate the structure and logistics of the course. Situated in the context of student-designed multiweek projects in advanced lab classes, our research investigates instructors' goals for writing, examples of implementation, and students' views about, and experiences with, writing during their lab projects.

Framework of possible goals for writing in labs Paper on case studies of writing in advanced lab student projects

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Teaching labs during a pandemic: Lessons from Spring 2020 and an outlook for the future
Studying the impact of the transition to remote labs: Heather Lewandowski receives grant funded by CARES Act
Mike Bennett receives award for excellence in outreach and engagement!
2019 Excellence in Physics Education Award
Heather Lewandowski receives award for excellence in advanced laboratory instruction
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