Program to Develop New Approaches to Introductory Physics

该项目将使一个物理学家委员会的形成， 将对本科入门课程进行彻底的重新审查， 物理课程。 在两年的时间里，委员会将考虑 与入门课程有关的问题，并举行会议，往往在 与美国物理协会的主要会议相结合 教师和美国物理学会，为了鼓励 讨论物理学界的问题。 它将赞助两个 物理学家的会议，将开发各种方法来设计 介绍课程，以反映学生的物理需求，并 反映了当前的物理学研究方式。 通过会议和报告 委员会将在社会上建立共识， 各种方法都是有价值的，它将鼓励发展 并广泛分发基于这些方法的课程。

This project will enable the formation of a committee of physicists who will lead a thorough reexamination of the undergraduate introductory physics course. Over a period of two years the committee will consider issues relating to the introductory course and hold meetings, often in conjunction with major meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society, in order to encourage discussion of the issues in the physics community. It will sponsor two conferences of physicists which will develop a variety of ways to design introductory courses to reflect the needs of students of physics and to reflect the current way physics is done. Through meetings and reports the committee will establish a consensus in the community about what kinds of approaches are valuable, and it will encourage the development and wide distribution of courses based on these approaches.