2009 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE

2009 Physics Education Research Conference

Mel Sabella, Chicago State University, Chemistry and Physics Department, Chicago, IL, USA ; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University, Physics Department, Kalamazoo, MI, USA ; Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh, Physics & Astronomy Department, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conference Location and Date: Ann Arbor, MI, 29-30 July 2009

Published October 2009; ISBN 978-0-7354-0720-6 One Volume, Print; 336 pages; 8.5 X 11 inches, single column; Softcover; $172.00

Readership: Physics education researchers (faculty, post-doctoral students, and graduate/undergraduate students); researchers in fields close to Physics Education, such as cognitive science, chemistry education, biology education; physics faculty at undergraduate levels; high school physics teachers

The theme of the 2009 Physics Education Research (PER) Conference was Physics Education Research across Paradigms. PER utilizes diverse traditions and frameworks to study learning: cognitive constructs, social and cultural dynamics and neural processes. As a whole PER has not been exclusive in its commitment to a single paradigm or methodology. Four leading researchers who conduct learning research from different perspectives were invited to present their work and interact with the PER community. This was an opportunity for the PER community to examine and discuss the variety of traditions and frameworks relevant to the study of student learning of physics.

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