jitt 4: Why PER?

Learning Styles

Constructing a WarmUp

Interactive Lecture

Asking Questions

Additions to JiTT

Affective results

Cognitive results

Why do Physics Education Research?

To understand how learners work (fundamental understanding)
To evaluate new teaching methods (applied research)
To stop reinventing the wheel (establish a literature)
Because research is what physicists do!
http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~redish/Talks/Revitalize/