What: The Physics Education Research Group in the Department of Physics hosts seminar speakers from diverse fields such as science education, psychology, cognitive science, and anthropology. 

When: 3:30 PM on Select Thursdays 

Where: Physics Building 1304

Speakers for Spring 2009:

          January 29: Open Date 

          February 5: Chandralekha Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

               *Note: Brian will be out of town Feb 5 & 6. Someone else needs to host our speaker* 

          February 12: Closed Date [AAPT Winter Meeting in Chicago] 

          February 19: Ann Edwards, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Maryland 

          February 26: Open Date 

          March 5: Open Date 

          March 12: Open Date 

          March 19: Closed Date [Spring Break] 

          March 26: Randi Engel, School of Education, UC Berkeley 

          April 2: Eric Brewe, Science Education, Florida International University 

          April 9th: Closed Date [Elizabeth Spelke @ Cognitive Science Seminar] 

          April 16: Closed Date [AERA] 

April 23rd: Anna Sfard, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, University of Haifa, Israel 

April 30th: [Open Date] ON HOLD 

May 7th: [Open Date] ON HOLD

Tentative and Unassigned Speakers:

Megan Bang, TERC, Cambridge, MA 

Janet Coffey, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Maryland

Paula Heron, Department of Physics, University of Washington

Seminars of interest elsewhere on campus

Cognitive science colloquium, Thursdays 3:30-5:30, Biosciences Research Building 1103

Tentative Speakers for the 2009-2010 Academic Year

Steve Pollock, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder

Kathy Perkins, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder