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Revolution in Science Education: Put Physics First!
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This article is published in Physics Today.The article was published on 2001-09-01. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Science education.read more
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The Role of Gender and Friendship in Advanced Course Taking.
TL;DR: The results indicate that same-sex friends' academic performance significantly predicts course taking in all subjects for girls, but not for boys, and that such groups provide a counterpoint to the gendered stereotypes and identities of those subjects.
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The Two High-School Pillars Supporting College Science
Philip M. Sadler,Robert H. Tai +1 more
TL;DR: Out-of-discipline high- school science courses are not associated with better performance in introductory college biology, chemistry, or physics courses, but high-school math counts.
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Advanced Physics in the High Schools
Jerry P. Gollub,Robin Spital +1 more
TL;DR: A study by the National Research Council makes several recommendations for improving the Advanced Placement program in the US as discussed by the authors, which is based on the work of the authors of this paper.
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A brief history of physics education in the United States
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline the history of physics education in the United States over the period 1860-2014 and identify key events, personalities, and issues for each of ten separate time periods, comparing and contrasting the outlooks and viewpoints of different eras.
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Framework for Empirical Research on Science Teaching and Learning.
TL;DR: In this paper, the current state and future trends of research on science teaching and learning are described, the deficits of science education are analyzed, and medium and long-term research goals are specified from the perspective of an interdisciplinary cooperative effort between specialists in the fields of empirical educational research; the psychology of learning and instruction; and biology, chemistry, and physics education.