Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort

Abstract

Several years ago, I reported a survey of pretest and posttest data for 62 introductory physics courses attended by a total of 6542 students. The present article provides a summary of that survey and offers 14 lessons from the physics education reform effort that may assist in the general upgrading of education and science literacy.

Keywords

• cognitive science
• education reform
• education research
• interactive engagement
• physics education
• science literacy