Scientific Learning

Reformed Physics Teaching Links

• PER Users Guide - Under Construction
  A fantastic and growing site that surveys the field of PER pedagogy

Research Groups

• University of Maryland (Joe Reddish)
• University of Washington
• University of Minnesota
  Cooperative Group Problem Solving
• University of Arizona
  Modeling Instruction

Curriculum

• Workshop Physics
  A leader in cooperative group, inquiry based curriculum. Workbooks cover first and second year physics.
• Cooperative Group Problem Solving
  The manual/bible of group work and problem solving techniques.
• Tutorials in Introductory Physics
  A set of tutorials and homework exercises covering first-year physics
• Physics Sense-Making Tutorials
  A set of tutorials based on an intuition-refinement approach.
• Physics and Everyday Thinking
  Very thoughtful introduction to physics with a deep conceptual focus. Sample lesson
• Physics by Inquiry
  A standard of inquiry-based introductory physics.
• Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
  A general scheme for guided inquiry learning.

General Websites

• PER Central
  A vast repository and summary of research and resources.

Interactive / Simulation Websites

• PhET Interactive Simulations
  Many high quality, flexible simulations suitable for computer-based investigations.