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Investigating The Effectiveness Of A Professional Development Program For Secondary Physics Teachers, Meghan Reynolds
Investigating The Effectiveness Of A Professional Development Program For Secondary Physics Teachers, Meghan Reynolds
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National studies have exposed a shortage of highly-qualified high school physics teachers, with over 25% of physics teaching vacancies in Iowa being very difficult to fill or unable to be filled. In an effort to improve the nation’s education system, there have been broad changes in the framework of what constitutes high-quality teaching which supports a trend away from traditional, lecture-based teaching methods and towards interactive, student-centered methods. This study analyzed the impact of a professional development program that aimed to prepare more high-quality high school physics teachers by building physics content knowledge through the use of reformed teaching techniques …