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Table of Contents
List of Editors and Editorial Board .................................................................................v
PhysTEC Preface ............................................................................................................. vi
Editors’ Preface ............................................................................................................... vii
Review Paper
Research on the education of physics teachers, David E. Meltzer .................................................... 3
Summaries
Original Papers Written for this Book
Design principles for effective physics instruction: A case from physics and everyday thinking, 
Fred Goldberg, Valerie Otero, and Stephen Robinson .................................................................... 17
Inquiry-based course in physics and chemistry for preservice K-8 teachers, Michael E. 
Loverude, Barbara L. Gonzalez, and Roger Nanes ......................................................................... 19
A physics department’s role in preparing physics teachers: The Colorado learning assistant 
model, Valerie Otero, Steven Pollock, and Noah Finkelstein.......................................................... 20
Preparing future teachers to anticipate student diffi culties in physics in a graduate-level 
course in physics, pedagogy, and education research, John R. Thompson, Warren M. 
Christensen, and Michael C. Wittmann ........................................................................................... 21
Pedagogical content knowledge and preparation of high school physics teachers, 
Eugenia Etkina ................................................................................................................................ 22
Reprints
Combined physics course for future elementary and secondary school teachers, 
Lillian C. McDermott;
A perspective on teacher preparation in physics and other sciences: The need for special 
science courses for teachers, Lillian C. McDermott;
Improving the preparation of K-12 teachers through physics education research, Lillian C. 
McDermott, Paula R. L. Heron, Peter S. Shaffer, and MacKenzie R. Stetzer ................................. 24
Inquiry experiences as a lecture supplement for preservice elementary teachers and 
general education students, Jill A. Marshall and James T. Dorward .............................................. 27
A modeling method for high school physics instruction, Malcolm Wells, David Hestenes, 
and Gregg Swackhamer ................................................................................................................... 28
Research-design model for professional development of teachers: Designing lessons with 
physics education research, Bat-Sheva Eylon and Esther Bagno .................................................... 30