Talk:Physics education
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1) At this point the primary focus of physics education is typically to make it inquiry based. The current version of the article (12/5/06) does mention that lectures are often less effective than hands-on learning in a physics classroom, but this is probably insufficient at this point for an article on physics education. Suggest integrating up to date physics education research (in summary).
2) In the second example under "Additional examples of misconceptions in physics" the equation F=ma is given and I think in this place it is necessary to identify it as either Fnet=ma or use sigma notation or some other alternative since it can be deceiving to say that Newton's second law requires that F=ma.
--Gellender 05:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Should Physics Education Research (PER) be a separate article?
I was searching for PER to get some quick content to explain to my colleagues what the field is. I didn't find a PER article, so I had to dig a bit to find this. I think PER, which concerns itself with researching student learning and evaluating teaching methods, is sufficiently different to merit a separate article. But I am not an expert in the field.
Raddick 13:54, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why was this article nearly an orphan?
Why was this important article nearly an orphan? The articles on Physics and Science education did not even link to here, and no one editing this article seems to be cooperating with anyone else. That oversight is easily corrected. I have made new edits, additions and links. I hope some other people can jump in. In a relatively short amount of time this article can have a number of new editors, and be significantly improved.
[edit] PRS
Should Classroom Performance Systems applications be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.2.40.144 (talk) 20:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Global
Please try and give a global perspective to any expansion of this article. 82.20.28.142 (talk) 23:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
