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College physics in transition

SEP 01, 1960
The following summary account is concerned with a new plan for developing a coordinated nationwide program for improving physics education at the college level. The author is professor of physics at the University of Minnesota and secretary of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Frank Verbrugge

Coordinated group efforts, which in the past twenty years have become a major development in scientific research—particularly in physics—have also in recent years made major contributions to developments in science education. Large programs, affecting both course content and teaching techniques, have been undertaken. These have in general been directed at secondary‐school courses in mathematics and the several physical and biological sciences.

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Frank Verbrugge, University of Minnesota.

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