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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

About Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research (PRST-PER) is a peer-reviewed online open-access journal sponsored by the American Physical Society (APS), the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the APS Forum on Education (APS FEd). The articles are published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

The journal covers the full range of experimental and theoretical research on the teaching and/or learning of physics. PRST-PER is distributed without charge and financed by publication charges to the authors or to the authors' institutions. The criteria for acceptance of articles include the high scholarly and technical standards of our other Physical Review journals. Authors may submit review articles, replication studies, and descriptions of the development and use of new assessment tools. Presentations of research techniques and methodology comparisons/critiques will be considered.   More...

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research seeks Senior Editor

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Samuel A. Goudsmit Papers available online

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Editorial: Redefining Length

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APS Updates all Scanned Archival PDFs in our Physical Review Online Archive

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American Physical Society continues as MathJax Supporter

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Deepest care and concern for colleagues in Japan

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APS to Adopt Creative Commons Licensing and Publish Open Access Articles and Journals

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Announcement: Short Papers Become Shorter

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Editorial: Creative Commons and ‘Gold’ Open Access for PRST-PER

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APS Online Journals Available Free in U.S. High Schools

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Physical Review Focus: The Menace of Underground Ice

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