Physics Education Research User's Guide: A Web Resource for Physics Educators

物理教育研究被公认为学科科学教育研究的领头羊。PER开发了许多结果和教学方法，极大地改善了美国和世界各地的学生的物理学习。这些结果也被采纳并应用于其他科学、工程和数学领域的教育。然而，对教师变动的研究发现，即使是了解PER并高度有动力改进教学的教育工作者也很难找到有效实施基于PER的教学方法所需的信息。PER用户指南(http://perusersguide.org)是一个旨在通过翻译和总结PER的结果来解决这些问题的项目，对于忙碌的教育工作者来说，这是一种易于理解和有用的方式。这个项目建立在之前NSF资助的一个项目的基础上，该项目支持初步研究和创建一个试点网站，以扩大该网站的开发，使其成为一个更全面的资源，并继续对教师采用和适应基于PER的教学方法进行用户测试和研究。有九个关键组成部分：1.编辑委员会审查-支持编辑委员会审查内容，并确保网站包含准确反映每个社区意见的高质量材料。扩展和改进详细的实施指南和常见问题-扩展和改进详细的实施指南和常见问题，以纳入用户测试、编辑委员会审查以及与开发人员和采用者的持续访谈的结果。基于PER的教学方法研究综述--为网站上50多种基于PER的教学方法中的一半背后的研究创建综合指南，并将这些综述的综合发表在同行评议的期刊上。评估工具指南可行性研究和设计--开展可行性研究，以确定评估工具指南的要求，其中包括研究型评估工具概述和国家分数数据库。制定初步设计方案。流行教学方法的视频演示--制作高质量、引人入胜的视频，演示一些更流行的基于PER的教学方法：Phet互动科学模拟和物理入门教程(与Stephanie Chasteen和科罗拉多大学科学教育倡议合作)。虚拟新教员研讨会图书馆-为物理和天文学新教员制作成功研讨会的视频(与Stephanie Chasteen和Robert Hilborne合作)。根据用户测试重新设计网站--结合用户测试的结果来扩展和重组网站，最大限度地提高其有效性和影响力。新功能的用户测试-进行用户测试访谈，以评估重新设计的站点、详细的实施指南和研究审查的有效性。传播和宣传-发起一项全国性的宣传活动，以提高人们对网站的认识和兴趣。智力价值该项目包括对教师使用每用户指南和基于每用户的教学方法的持续研究，以及对这些方法背后的研究的全面综合，这有助于建立关于教师变化的研究基础。PI是Per User‘s Guide的创建者，在PER、课程开发以及基于网络的教育资源的设计和研究方面具有丰富的经验。共同执行主任是Compadre数字图书馆的编辑和创建者，以及AAPT的执行主任。外部评估者是教师变动方面的主要研究人员。布罗德影响该项目的最终目标是通过使PER的结果更容易为教育工作者所用来改善世界各地的物理教育，从而改善他们学生的学习。它还通过增加教育工作者和研究人员之间的交流来改善PER的工作。

Physics education research (PER) is widely recognized as a leader in discipline-based science education research. PER has developed many results and teaching methods that vastly improve student learning of physics in the US and around the world. These results have also been adopted and adapted for education in other science, engineering, and mathematics fields. However, research on faculty change has found that even educators who know about PER and are highly motivated to improve their teaching have trouble finding the information they need to implement PER-based teaching methods effectively.The PER User's Guide (http://perusersguide.org) is a project designed to address these problems by translating and summarizing the results of PER in an accessible and useful way for busy educators. This project builds on the results of a previous NSF-funded project, which supported preliminary research and the creation of a pilot site, to expand development of this site to make it a more comprehensive resource, and to continue user testing and research into faculty adoption and adaption of PER-based teaching methods. There are nine key components: 1. Editorial Board Review - Support an Editorial Board to review content and ensure that the site contains high quality material that accurately reflects the views of the PER community.2. Expansion and Refinement of Detailed Implementation Guides and FAQs - Expand and refine detailed implementation guides and FAQs to incorporate the results of user testing, Editorial Board reviews, and continuing interviews with developers and adopters.3. Reviews of Research for PER-based Teaching Methods - Create comprehensive guides to the research behind half of the 50+ PER-based teaching methods on the site, and a synthesis of these reviews to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.4. Assessment Instrument Guide Feasibility Study and Design - Conduct a feasibility study to determine the requirements for an assessment instrument guide that includes overviews of research-based assessment instruments and a national database of scores. Produce initial design plan.5. Video Demonstrations of Popular Teaching Methods - Create high quality, engaging videos demonstrating some of the more popular PER-based teaching methods: PhET Interactive Science Simulations and Tutorials in Introductory Physics (in collaboration with Stephanie Chasteen and the University of Colorado Science Education Initiative).6. Virtual New Faculty Workshop Library - Create videos of the successful Workshop for New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy (in collaboration with Stephanie Chasteen and Robert Hilborn).7. Redesign of the Site based on User Testing - Incorporate the results of user testing to expand and restructure the site, maximizing its effectiveness and impact.8. User Testing of New Features - Conduct user testing interviews to assess the effectiveness of the redesigned site, detailed implementation guides, and reviews of research.9. Dissemination and Publicity - Launch a national publicity campaign to increase awareness and interest in the site.Intellectual MeritThis project includes continued research on faculty use of the PER User's Guide and PER-based teaching methods, and a comprehensive synthesis of the research behind these methods, which contributes to the research base on faculty change. The PI is the creator of the PER User's Guide and has extensive experience in PER, curriculum development, and design and research of web-based educational resources. The co-PIs are the editor and creator of the ComPADRE digital library and the executive director of the AAPT. The external evaluators are leading researchers on faculty change.Broader ImpactsThe ultimate goal of this project is to improve physics education throughout the world by making the results of PER more accessible to educators, and thus improve learning for their students. It also improves work in PER by increasing communication between educators and researchers.