Edward F. Redish

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Edward F. Redish is a prominent American physics education researcher known for his influential work on how students learn physics and for helping to shape modern physics education reform.


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instanceOf American academic
person
physicist
physics education researcher
academicAdvisorOf graduate students in physics education research
contributedTo conceptual understanding approaches in physics instruction
development of diagnostic instruments in physics education
integration of computation and modeling in physics education
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Princeton University
University of California, San Diego
employer University of Maryland
surface form: "University of Maryland, College Park"
fieldOfWork physics
physics education research
theoretical nuclear physics
hasAcademicDiscipline education
physics
hasPublicationType research article
review article
textbook
hasResearchInterest active learning in physics
assessment in physics education
curriculum development in physics
epistemology in physics learning
student reasoning in physics
use of mathematics in physics learning
hasRole leader in physics education reform movement
hasTaught courses in physics education research
introductory physics
upper-division physics courses
influenced development of research-based introductory physics courses
university-level physics teaching practices in the United States
influencedBy cognitive science
education research
knownFor application of cognitive science to physics learning
development of research-based physics curricula
physics education reform
research on how students learn physics
work on student misconceptions in physics
language English
memberOf American Association of Physics Teachers
American Physical Society
notableWork An Introduction to Physics Education Research
Implications of cognitive studies for teaching physics
Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite
positionHeld Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park
workLocation College Park, Maryland

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