Newsletter Editors

Education Research

Using Clickers in a University Physics Course to Improve Student Achievement
Judith C. Stull et al.

The Application of Play Theory to Pedagogical Design (Summer)
Juan Burciaga
Human Subjects Research Training and PER (Fall)
David Sitar and Marshall Thomsen
Enhancing Student Understanding of 1D and 2D Motions: The Role of Sequencing Topics, Kinesthetic Experience, Video Analysis, and Analytic Mathematical Modeling (Fall)
Priscilla Laws

Overview of the Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research Conference (Fall)
Michael Wittmann, Paula Heron, and Rachel Scherr
FFPER 2009 Working Group Report: Collaborations in PER (Fall)
MacKenzie Stetzer and Michael Loverude
FFPER 2009 Working Group Report: A Physics Education Research (PER) Textbook (Fall)
Sam McKagan
Chemistry Education: Issues and Trends (Spring)
Melanie Cooper

Physics Faculty and Educational Researchers: Partners In Reform (Spring)
Charles Henderson and Melissa H. Dancy

APS April 2008: Excellence in Physics Education Award: University of Washington PER Group
Peter Shaffer, Jill Marshall, Gary Gladding

2007 FFPER: Non-Traditional Methods of Publication (Spring)
David E. Meltzer
2007 FFPER: PER and TA Preparation (Spring)
MacKenzie Stetzer
2007 FFPER: The Perfect Parent Organization for PER (Spring)
Edward F. Redish and David Brooks
2007 FFPER: A Ph.D. in Physics Education Research (Spring)
Jennifer Blue and Stephen Kanim
2007 FFPER: Report of the FFPER 2007 International PER Working Group (Spring)
Genaro Zavala and Brian Pyper
PER Central (Fall)
H. Vincent Kuo

Overview of the Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research Conference (Fall)
Michael Wittmann, Paula Heron, and Rachel Scherr
Querying Other Fields (PER) (Fall)
Andy Elby and Michael Loverude
Maximizing the Benefits of Physics Education Research: Building Productive Relationships and Promoting Institutional Change (Fall)
Charles Henderson, Tim Stelzer, Leon Hsu, and Dawn Meredith
Lobbying for Discipline-based Education Research (Fall)
Paula Heron and David Meltzer
A Literary Canon in Physics Education Research (Fall)
John Thompson and Bradley Ambrose
Investigation of Student Reasoning Regarding Concepts in Thermal Physics (Spring)
David E. Meltzer

Physics Research Presented for Undergrads: On the Web and at APS Meetings
David Ehrenstein

Physlets: A Tool for Physics Education Research
Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni and Melissa Dancy

Physics Education Research and Instructional Reform Beyond the Introductory Level (PER)
Richard N. Steinberg

Are Definitions and Formulas Important (Fall)
Thomas D. Rossing
An Experiment in Physical Science Education Reform (Fall)
Bernard Hoop, Eric W. Hansberry
The 1998 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (Summer)
Thomas C. Koch and Robert G. Fuller
Physics Education Research Ph.D. Programs in the USA (Summer)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/summer99.pdf

Iowa State University is New Entrant into Physics Education Research Community (Summer)
David E. Meltzer
Results from Physics Education Research (April)
Donald F. Holcomb
Why I teach my students things that are incorrect (April)
S.L. Haan