2008 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE

2008 Physics Education Research Conference

Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University, Physics Department, Kalamazoo, MI, USA ; Mel Sabella, Chicago State University, Chemistry and Physics Department, Chicago, IL, USA ; Leon Hsu, University of Minnesota, Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Conference Location and Date: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 23-24 July 2008

Published December 2008; ISBN 978-0-7354-0594-3 196; 266 pages; 8.5 X 11 inches, single column; Softcover; $112.00

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 and graduate levels; high school physics teachers

The 2008 Physics Education Research Conference brought together researchers studying a wide variety of topics in physics education. The conference theme was "Physics Education Research with Diverse Student Populations". Researchers specializing in diversity issues were invited to help establish a dialog and spur discussion about how the results from this work can inform the physics education research community. The organizers encouraged physics education researchers who are using research-based instructional materials with non-traditional students at either the pre-college level or the college level to share their experiences as instructors and researchers in these classes.

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