During the Fall of 2008 we designed and administered a web survey to collect information about pedagogical knowledge and practices of physics faculty. The survey was completed by a representative sample of 722 physics faculty across the United States a 50.3% response rate . This paper presents results of one part of the survey where faculty were asked to rate their level of knowledge and use of...

In this article we discuss the eeort made by the Internet Pilot to Physics (TIPTOP)-project to develop a uniform and open information infrastructure for physics research and education. We discuss concepts such as communication in research and education, the importance of distributed indexing and catalogs, and brieey the use of new technology such as VRML and Java. We also stress the importance ...

This paper presents the preliminary results of interviews with four thoughtful senior faculty who are not part of the Physics Education Research (PER) community. The interviews focused on their general beliefs about teaching and learning as well as their use of and attitudes towards PER and PER-based instructional strategies. We found that these instructors have beliefs about teaching and learn...