Successes and constraints in the enactment of a reform

May Lee; Melissa Dancy; Charles Henderson; Eric Brewe

doi:10.1063/1.3680039

Successes and constraints in the enactment of a reform

May Lee^*, Melissa Dancy, Charles Henderson, Eric Brewe

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Abstract

Despite research documenting the potentially positive impacts of research-based instructional reforms in physics, few high school physics teachers in the US enact them. One of the more successfully disseminated reforms is Modeling Instruction. To discern aspects of this reform that afforded or constrained its dissemination, we analyzed the interviews of five people involved in the development of Modeling Instruction. Our findings are framed within theoretical perspectives from the communities of practice, diffusion of innovations, and leadership.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Physics Education Research Conference
Pages	239-242
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3680039
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	2011 Physics Education Research Conference: Frontiers in Assessment: Instrumentation, Goals & Practices - Omaha, United States Duration: 3 Aug 2011 → 4 Aug 2011 https://www.per-central.org/conferences/2011/

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Series	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1413
ISSN	0094-243X

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Conference	2011 Physics Education Research Conference
Abbreviated title	PERC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Omaha
Period	3/08/11 → 4/08/11
Internet address	https://www.per-central.org/conferences/2011/

Keywords

communities of practice
diffusion of innovations
dissemination
leadership
Modeling Instruction

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