February 2, 2018
Angie publishes in Journal of Science Teacher Education
Angie Little and colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Science Teacher Education titled: Building Reflective Practices in a Pre-service Math and Science Teacher Education Course That Focuses on Qualitative Video Analysis
January 31, 2018
Vashti & Danny Named 2018 Teacher-Scholars
Vashti Sawtelle and Danny Caballero were both named 2018 Teacher-Scholars for their fantastic teaching and research:
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/2018-teacher-scholar-awards/
January 24, 2018
Vashti Sawtelle featured in Engaged Scholar Newsletter
Prof. Vashti Sawtelle is featured in the January issue of the Engaged Scholar Newsletter. The article titled: Can Physics Educators Create a More Encouraging Environment for Black, Latino, and Native American Science Students? discusses how physics educators can help build more inclusive and supportive classrooms.
January 23, 2018
Nick Young publishes paper on item tree analysis
Graduate student Nick Young published a paper investigating students' accuracy in determining the period, frequency, and angular frequency from mathematical and graphical representations.
January 15, 2018
Alanna Pawlak publishes paper on modes of collaboration
Graduate student Alanna Pawlak published a paper examining how students interact in groups in the physics classroom which introduced the modes of collaboration framework.
December 5, 2017
Vashti Sawtelle & BLiSS Physics Course Featured in MSU Today
PERL co-director Vashti Sawtelle and her studio course, Briggs Life Science Studio (BLiSS) Physics, is featured in MSU Today.
November 29, 2017
Danny receives President's Distinguished Teaching Award
PERL co-director Danny Caballero wins the President's Distinguished Teaching Award
September 11, 2017
Vashti Sawtelle & Angie Little appear in The Physics Teacher
PERL co-director Vashti Sawtelle and researcher Angie Little have been featured in the "Race and Physics Teaching" special collection of The Physics Teacher.
July 25, 2017
NSF grant awarded to Katie Hinko
PERL co-director Katie Hinko has recently been awarded an NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) grant to study the landscape of informal physics programming.
July 17, 2017
NSF grant awarded to PERL team
Physics professors Danny Caballero and Paul Irving along with Education faculty David Stroupe ana Niral Shah were awarded an NSF STEM+C grant to help high school physics teachers integrate computing into their courses and study the effects on learning, instruction, and participation.