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Physics Education Group at AAPT Summer Meeting 2025
This year, a few members of the MIT Physics Education Group (PEG) attended the annual Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) on August 2-6 in Washington, D.C. Based on investigations into the history of the Atwood Machine, Christopher Miller of the Physics Instructional Resources Lab (PIRL), demonstrated MIT’s pre-1876 device as…
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AAPT-New England Section Meeting Held at MIT
On April 26th, MIT’s Physics Education Group (PEG) hosted the Spring 2025 meeting of the New England Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT-NES). Around 25 participants gathered in our Technology-Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) room, 26-152, for discussions themed around Physics Demos and Labs. The day began with two invited talks about lecture…
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Physics Education Group at AAPT Summer Meeting 2024
This year, the annual Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) was held in Boston for the first time in decades, taking place July 6-10 at the Westin Boston Seaport. Over 1000 physics educators from around the world gathered to learn and share the latest advances in their field, make professional connections,…
