XU Zhen;ZHANG Ping;DING Lin;

• 1:Department of Physics
• 2:BeijingNormal University
• 3:School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering
• 4:Yangtze University

Abstract：

This paper details the methodological processes systematized by the physics education research group at University of Washington to improve phyiscs teaching. The approach starts with identifying and confronting student difficulties in learning physics concepts. It is evidential that instructional reforms need to be anchored in physics education research, and that the challenge-riddent tasks of physics curriculum development must be leveraged by long-term sustainable research funding mechanisms.

Key Words： Physics Education Research;Physics curriculum reform;National Science Foundation

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Authors: XU Zhen;ZHANG Ping;DING Lin;

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