Undergraduate Education

Modernizing the Physics Curriculum by Being Less Modern
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2010/gleckman.cfm
Philip Gleckman

2009 Topical Conference on Advanced Laboratories
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2010/peterson.cfm
Randolph Peterson and Gabe Spalding

Physicists, Philharmonics, and Youth Symphonies
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2010/neuenschwander.cfm
Dwight Neuenschwander

Undergraduate Nonlinear Dynamics Course at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/sungar.cfm
Nilgun Sungar

New Photon Labs Infuse Energy and Content into Advanced Laboratories and Curriculum
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/galvez.cfm
Enrique J. Galvez

Go Forth and Measure
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/lang.cfm
Matthew J. Lang

Looking at Real Experiments First: Curricular and Technical Approaches for Teaching Elementary Quantum Physics
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/meyn.cfm
Jan-Peter Meyn

Topical Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2010/spaldin.cfm
Gabriel Spalding

Learn More About the Advanced Labs You Teach
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2011/vanbaak.cfm
David Van Baak, Paul Dolan, and Gabriel Spalding

Peer Instruction For Quantum Mechanics
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2009/zhu.cfm
Guangtian Zhu and Chandralekha Singh

Outsourcing in Higher Education – will physics be the first to go?
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2009/ehrlich.cfm
Robert Ehrlich

What is ABET and What does it have to do with physics?
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2009/cryer.cfm
Keryl Cryer and M. Dayne Aldridge

Educating Engineers for the 21st Century
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2009/vest.cfm
Charles M. Vest and Norman L. Fortenberry

START WITH A STORY: The Teacher as Storyteller, Case-based Science Learning
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2009/herreid.cfm
Clyde Freeman Herreid

Teaching Modern Physics using Selected Nobel Lectures
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2008/stinner.cfm
A. Stinner

APS March 2008: Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education I
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2008/sessionj7.cfm
Robert Chang, Greta Zenner, Jeffrey Collett, Fiona Goodchild, Pradeep Haldar

APS March 2008: Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education II
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2008/sessionq7.cfm
Emily Allen, Gregory Salamo, Chris Hughes, Michael Dubson, Janet Tate

APS April 2008: Undergraduate Education in Nuclear Physics
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2008/sessionh4.cfm
Warren Rogers, John Shriner, Sekazi Mitingwa

What is the buoyant force on a block at the bottom of a beaker of water?
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2006/mungan.html
Carl E. Mungan

Truth is Beauty, Beauty is Thermodynamics
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2005/truth.html
James Hurley

The Proper Definition of Pressure-Volume Work: A Continuing Challenge
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2005/proper.html
Eric A. Gislason, and Norman C. Craig

Practicing What I Preach (with helpful references)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2004/arkansas.html
Gay Stewart

Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2004/paula.html
Paula R. L. Heron and Anne T. Durako

Bridging the Gap between Mathematics and Physics
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2004/10oregonstate.html
Tevian Dray and Corinne A. Manogue

Physics Essays for Airline Travelers
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2003/HartlineQuestion.html
Jim McGuire

Web-Delivered Interactive Lecture Demonstrations: Creating an active science learning environment over the Internet (UG physics)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2003/ThorntonWebILD.html
Ronald Thornton

Using Computational Physics to Investigate Realistic Projectile Motion
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2003/GiordanoCompPhys.html
Nicholas Giordano

Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics (SPIN-UP)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2002/howes.html
Ruth H. Howes

Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two Year Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2002/monroe.html
Mary Beth Monroe

The Physics Major: An Endangered Species?
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2002/wilson.html
Jack Wilson

Doing Research and Teaching
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/tobochnik.html
Jan Tobochnik

Teaching on the Web
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/rossing.html
Thomas D. Rossing

Motivating Students to Learn Physics Using an Online Homework System
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/ris.html
John Risley

The Physics Illumination Project: Conceptual Homework on the Web
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/greene.html
Ron Greene

The Evolution of Web-Based Activities in Physics at Illinois
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/stelzer.html
Tim Stelzer and Gary Gladding

Time-dependent Permeable Interface and IT-based Physics Education
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/kimlee.html
Jin S. Kim and Keum H. Lee

Just-in-Time Teaching: The Best of Both Worlds
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2001/novak.html
Gregor M. Novak

What's Your Network? -- Project Kaleidoscope
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2001/mccormack.html
Elizabeth McCormack

Growth in Undergraduate Physics at the University of Arkansas (Part II)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2001/hobson.html
Art Hobson

Enrollment and Degrees Report
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2000/index.html

Growth in Undergraduate Physics at the University of Arkansas (UG)
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2000/index.html
Gay Stewart

The National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics: Some FAQ's
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/july2000/index.html#taskforce
Robert C. Hilborn

Calculus-Based Physics and the Engineering ABET 2000 Criteria
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/july2000/index.html#accred
Alan Van Heuvelen and Kathleen M. Andre

PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: A New Upper-Division Physics Curriculum at Oregon State University
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/july2000/index.html#web
Corinne Manogue

Using the Web effectively: Web-based and Web-enhanced courses
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/july2000/index.html#web
John A. Venables

NSF Educational Support Opportunities of Interest to the Physics Community
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/summer99.pdf
Norman L. Fortenberry, Karen L. Johnston, Robert F. Watson

Physics in the Two-Year Colleges
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/apr99/twoyear.html

Physics Education in the next century
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/apr99/wilson.html
Jack Wilson

Workshop for New Physics Faculty - An Update
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/fall98.pdf
Kenneth S. Krane

Revitalization of an Undergraduate Physics Program
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/upload/fall98.pdf
John W. Norbury and G. R. Sudhakaran

Broadening the Physics Degree: A New Bachelor's Degree in Computational Physics at Illinois State University
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/apr98/articl98.html
Richard Martin and Shang-Fen Ren

Building Undergraduate Physics Programs for the 21st Century
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug98/revital.html

Tripling the Number of Physics Majors at a Research University
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug97/index.html#pifer
Joe Pifer

Mentoring the Whole Life of a Physics Major: From Recruiting and Introductory Classes to Research and Careers
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug97/index.html#abraham
Neal B. Abraham

Preparing Physics Majors for Secondary-Level Teaching: The Education Concentration in the Haverford College Physics Program
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug97/index.html#Roelofs
Lyle Roelofs

The 1997 Conference of Physics Department Chairs
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug97/index.html#Kirby
Roger D. Kirby

The AAPT Workshop for New Physics Faculty
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug97/index.html#krane
Kenneth S. Krane

Shaping the Future: NSF Examines Undergraduate Education
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug96/index.html
Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky and Robert C. Hilborn

On the Importance of Undergraduate Science Education
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/apr96/hilborn.html
Robert C. Hilborn

Get Involved! Two-Year-Colleges for the 21st Century
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug95/monroe.html
Mary Beth Monroe

Sidebar: How You can Help
http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/aug95/sidebar.html
Mary Beth Monroe