Active Physics Revision

此前由美国国家科学基金会资助的《活动物理》已被证明是一本被广泛使用的高中物理教材，满足了城市地区不同群体的学生的需求，并增加了学习物理的九年级学生的数量。这一发展的目标是向更广泛的受众介绍物理教学，提供一种现实世界的物理方法，并创造出反映学生学习情况的材料。现在，《活动物理学》将被修改成一本强调物理学组织原则的单册。作为三门科学课程的第一部分，课程内容进行了重组，并增加了向九年级学生教授物理的内容。附加材料扩展了高级学生的内容，并增加了对数学的使用。这些材料解决了物理教师和其他领域的科学教师向九年级学生教授物理的专业发展需要。一项广泛的评估考察学生的表现。

"Active Physics," previously funded by NSF, has proven to be a widely used high school physics text, meeting the needs of diverse groups of students in urban areas and increasing the number of ninth graders taking physics. The goals of that development were to introduce physics instruction to a wider audience, to provide for a real-world approach to physics and to create materials that reflect what was known about how students learn. Now "Active Physics" is to be revised into a single volume emphasizing the organizing principles of physics. The content is restructured and content added for teaching physics to ninth graders as the first part of a three-course science sequence. Additional materials extend the content for advanced students and increase the use of mathematics. The materials address the need for professional development of physics teachers and of science teachers in other fields to teach physics to ninth graders. An extensive evaluation explores student performance.