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Papers and talks in this section give an overview, discuss the motivation and results of PER, and give annotated bibliographies for the research literature. They are listed in reverse chronological order.

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Papers    (Jump to Talks)
E. Redish Who needs to learn physics in the 21st century and why? Plenary lecture, GIREP Conference Physics Teacher Education beyond 2000, Barcelona Spain, August 2000    
L. McDermott
and
E. Redish
Resource Letter PER-1: Physics Education Research, Am. J. Phys. 67, 755-767
(1999)
 
D. Hammer Physics for First-Graders? Science Education 83 (6), 797-799
(1999)
   
A. Hodari
and
B. Hufnagel
Diamonds, emralds, rubies, and sapphires Letter to the editor, Am. J. Phys. 67(9), 753
(Sept 1999)
   
D. Hammer Teacher Inquiry Paper Series of the Center for the Development
of Teaching at EDC, in Newton, MA. (Jan 1999)
Also in Teaching and Learning in an Inquiry-Based Science Classroom, Ministrell, J., & van Zee, E. (Eds.)
   
E. Redish Diagnosing student problems using the results and methods of physics education research International Conference of Physics Teachers and Educators, Guilin, People's Republic of China, August 19, 1999    
E. Redish Millikan Award Lecture (1998): Building a Science of Teaching Physics Am. J. Phys. 67, 562-573
(1999)
 
E. Redish
and
R. Steinberg
Teaching Physics: Figuring Out What Works Physics Today 52, 24-30
(Jan 1999)
   
D. Hammer Discovery learning and discovery teaching Cognition and Instruction 15(4), 485-529
(1997)
   
E. Redish New models of physics instruction based on physics education research Proceedings of the Deustchen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Jena Conference (1996)    
Talks   (Return to top)
E. Redish The Future of Physics Education: Building an applied science? APS-AAPT Joint Regional Meeting,
Berkeley, California,
November 15, 2003
 
E. Redish Rethinking College Physics: What do we have to offer biology students? Physics Colloquium, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland,
February 11, 2003
 
E. Redish Our Model of How a Student "Works": Does it matter for teaching science? Conference on Integrating Science and Math Education Research,
Orono, Maine,
June 23, 2002
   
E. Redish Metacognition and instructional design: Theory-driven goals and methods in a large university physics class Ganiel Symposium,
Rehovoth, Israel,
September 14, 2001
 
E. Redish What can astronomy education learn from physics education research? Invited talk presented at
AAPT National Meeting
San Diego, January 2001
 


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