Spring 2013 Newsletter

Paul J. Dolan, Jr., Editor

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In this Issue

From the Chair, Renee Diehl

From the Editor: What Are the Best Conferences You Have Attended?, Paul Dolan

FEd Session Schedule at APS March 2012 and April 2012 Meetings

Upcoming APS & AAPT Meetings & Workshops

New Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction

ALPhA Immersions for Summer 2013

Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education

Award for Excellence in Physics Education

AAPT Awards to APS Members

Call for Nominations for Awards and Fellowships

New APS Fellows Nominated from the Forum on Education

About our New APS Fellows: David M. Cook, Paul Cottle, Paul DeYoung, David E. Meltzer

Letters & Opinions

• “Interested in more than just Physics Education?” About the Society for College Science Teachers, Brian R. Shmaefsky
• “Some Reasons for Lack of Physics Achievement in Inner City Schools”, Stewart E. Brekke
• “Enhancing Your Local Section Meetings”, Joss Ives

Articles

• “An intermediate-level physics laboratory: A system of two coupled oscillators with low-cost accelerometers”, Mary Lamont and Minjoon Kouh
• “Einstein on Faster-Than-Light (FTL) particles?”, Robert Ehrlich
• “Service Learning in Introductory Astronomy and Physics”, Michael P Orleski
• “Preparing Physics Graduate Students for Careers in Industry”, Lawrence Woolf

Teacher Preparation Section, John Stewart, Editor

• From the Editor of the Teacher Preparation Section, John Stewart
• “Towson University PhysTEC Project”, Cody Sandifer and Ronald Hermann
• “The PhysTEC Program at Virginia Tech”, John Simonetti
• “The CSUSM Learning Assistants Program”, Edward Price

Browsing the Journals, Carl Mungan.

Web Watch, Carl Mungan.

Executive Committee of the Forum on Education

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Disclaimer- The articles and opinion pieces found in this issue of the APS Forum on Education Newsletter are not peer refereed and represent solely the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the APS.