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Fall 2015 Newsletter

Beth Lindsey, Editor

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In This Issue

  • From the Chair, Randy Knight
  • From the Editor, Beth Lindsey
  • From the Committee on Education Chair, Carlos Bertulani
  • The Forum on Education Election Process, John Stewart
  • Director's Corner, Theodore Hodapp
  • Undergraduate Research: Programs and Practices That Can Be Used To Grow Research Opportunities, John Mateja
  • Grand Challenges in Physics Education Research, Rachel E. Scherr and Stephen Kanim
  • Race, Ethnicity, Equity and PER: A Working Group Summary from FFPER, Angie Little & Steve Kanim
  • Purpose and Utility of Learning Theory in PER: Report of the FFPER Theory Session, Lauren Barth-Cohen and David Brookes
  • Teaching and Learning the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Jesper Haglund and Abigail R. Daane
  • Browsing the Journals, Carl Mungan
  • Web Watch, Carl Mungan
  • Executive Committee

Teacher Preparation Section, Alma Robinson, Editor

  • Teacher Preparation Section, Alma Robinson
  • Book Release: Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective Practices, Cody Sandifer and Eric Brewe
  • The OK PhysTEC Collaborative: A New Physics Teacher Certification Pathway Emerges, Steven J. Maier and Jenny Sattler
  • The PhysTEC Project at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Jay Wang, Stephen Witzig, Grant O’Rielly, and Alan Hirshfeld
  • Salisbury University PhysTEC Recruiting Grant Project, Gail S. Welsh, Starlin D. Weaver, and Matthew A. Bailey

Disclaimer: The articles and opinion pieces found in this issue of the APS Forum on Education Newsletter are not peer refereed and represent solely the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the APS.