Welcome to PER-Central

Welcome to PER-Central, a collection of information and resources for physics education research. Here you will find articles, theses and dissertations, research groups, curricular material, and news and events that are of interest to the PER Community. Click here to find out more about PER-Central.

Reviews in Physics Education Research

Over the past two decades, the PER community has not only learned a great deal about how learning occurs in calculus-based university physics classes, it has also developed a number of effective instructional environments.

Here is an example of a review article that helps to bridge research and practice, bringing the results of research and development projects to the instructional community:

Matter & Interactions
by R. Chabay and B. Sherwood.

Find more articles that help to bridge research and practice in Reviews in PER, Volume 1: Research-Based Reform of University Physics.

PER Programs

Take a look at our map of Physics Education Research (PER) programs to browse the different PER groups and their research.