Beyond the individual instructor: Systemic constraints in the implementation of research-informed practices

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 790, Issue , 2005, Pages 113-116

  Dancy, Melissa H ^a   Henderson, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749668322     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2084714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. It is not known exactly how integrated PER practices are into the mainstream. We intend to survey physics faculty to find out, among other things, what practices they are aware of, what they have tried, and what they still use.
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