Maintaining Momentum: High School Physics for a New Millennium. AIP Report

Maintaining Momentum: High School Physics for a New Millennium. AIP Report
ISBN-10
1563968975
ISBN-13
9781563968976
Pages
89
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Authors
Michael Neuschatz, Mark McFarling

Description

The status and future direction of high school physics instruction is considered in this report. The text is supported by many tables and illustrations and is organized into six chapters. Chapters discuss physics enrollments and curriculum; demographics of the physics teacher population; current teaching conditions, resources, and activities; high school physics in the larger social context; and the outlook for the future in physics teaching. (Contains 19 references.) (DDR)