Summer 2014 Newsletter

Beth Lindsey, Editor

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In this Issue

From the Chair, Michael Fauerbach

From the Editor, Beth Lindsey

Call for 2015 Program Suggestions, Randy Knight

Call for Nominations for FEd Executive Committee, Tim Stelzer

On-line Resource to Help Increase the Number of Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Being Jointly Developed by APS, CUR, AAPT and SPS

2014 Excellence in Physics Education Award Recipient

Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education Awardees

APS Education and Diversity Director's Corner, Ted Hodapp

Letter to the Editor: Physics Student Recruitment, Stewart E. Brekke

Announcing the PERCoGS Newsletter

Articles

• Being a Seattle Pacific University Learning Assistant: A Transformative Experience of Listening and Being Heard, Amy D. Robertson, Erika P. Eppard, Lisa M. Goodhew, Emily L. Maaske, Hannah C. Sabo, Faith C. Stewart, David L. Tuell, and Scott T. Wenzinger
• The Physics Learning Assistant Program at Texas State University: My Perspective as an LA and as a Researcher, By Jessica Conn, with Hunter Close and Eleanor Close
• From Competencies to Curricular Objectives: Preparing a New Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences (IPLS) Course, Juan Burciaga and Ralf Widenhorn
• An Adventure in STEM Policy, Dayton Syme

Teacher Preparation Section, John Stewart, Editor

• Teacher Preparation Section, John Stewart
• Periscope: Looking into Learning in Best-practices University Physics Classrooms, Rachel E. Scherr and Renee Michelle Goertzen
• Sustaining a Physics Teacher Preparation Program: Challenges and Strategies, Laurie E. McNeil

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.