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Session:
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Shared Resources: Alternative Models for Education Reform
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Paper Type:
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Invited
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Title:
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Disseminating Innovative Curricula: A Modified Role for Dissemination Sites
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Meeting:
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122nd AAPT National Meeting: San Diego, CA |
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Location:
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Pacific Salon Three |
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Date:
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Jan. 10 |
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Time:
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11:00AM
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Author:
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Michael C. Wittmann, Univ. of Maryland
301-405-6184, wittmann@physics.umd.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Physics education researchers have shown success at developing curricula at individual institutions. Dissemination of such curricula to outside locations has often proven difficult, and evaluation results show that gains in student learning are less at secondary implementation sites than at primary implementation sites. Successful secondary (and further) implementation may depend on a more flexible approach to materials development, where test sites become involved in adapting materials to better match their own institutions. These materials must be evaluated through a process of physics education research. In this talk, I discuss issues of traditional and modified dissemination methods, together with research results from a variety of institutions.
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Footnotes:
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*Supported in part by NSF grant #DUE-9652877 and FIPSE grant #116B70186.
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