Pre-college: Harvard Project Physics

HARVARD PROJECT PHYSICS is developing a new one‐year physics course to meet the contemporary needs of high schools and junior colleges. Physicists and science educators for some time have wanted a coherent, tested course for national use alongside other previously developed courses. Moreover there is a desire among physics educators to halt and reverse the decline in physics enrollment. New course materials and organization are necessary to exploit effectively recent developments in educational philosophy and techniques. In particular the trend toward recognition and response to individual differences as well as availability of films, transparencies, film strips, film loops, programed student guides and new laboratory equipment and experiments require changes in course structure for best utilization.

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