PHYS 598 PER :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Welcome to Phys 598 PER

Mon + Wed 3 - 4:20 PM
1047 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

An introduction to Physics Education Research: This course will introduce theoretical topics in Physics Education Research, including:

cognitive models of conceptual knowledge
personal epistemologies in science
principles of problem solving
transfer and adaptive expertise
responsive teaching
sociocultural theories of learning applied to college STEM courses
and more!

Although the applied focus of the course is undergraduate physics, the theoretical focus will span K-20 settings and various math, science, and engineering topics.

Assignments will consist of reading research papers and studying college-level STEM curricula. There will also be three student projects in this course:

Conducting a clinical interview to investigate how an interviewee thinks about a STEM topic.
Conducting a mini literature review for a topic relevant to one’s interests/research.
Designing and testing an instructional activity.