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An interdisciplinary field drawing on knowledge and methodologies from social science, psychology, education, and cognitive science research, with the goal of enhancing student learning and instructor teaching.
Professors Natasha Holmes and Michelle Smith are featured in this video clip highlighting the ways in which innovation can revolutionize the classroom.
The PER group, led by former postdoc Emily Smith (now teaching assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines) and including work by physics graduate students Martin Stein and Cole Walsh, recently published “Direct Measurement of the Impact of Teaching Experimentation in Physics Labs” in the jo...
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