comPADRE: Digital Library Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
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| Audience/Grade: | 10-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Physics |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Index/Link |
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Unknown |
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| Description: | "comPADRE Pathway, a part of the National Science Digital Library, is a growing network of educational resource collections supporting teachers and students in Physics and Astronomy. As a user you may explore collections designed to meet your specific needs and help build the network by recommending resources, commenting on resources, and starting or joining discussions. To recommend a web resource, log into the Physical Sciences Resource Center and select the Submit Resources link. You may use the user selector above to go to collections of physics materials targeted at you, whether you are a K-12 teacher, college faculty member, student, education researcher, or someone generally interested in Physics and Astronomy." comPADRE collections include: * Astronomy Center.org - Introductory Undergraduate Astronomy Resources * The Nucleus - Community Collection for Physics Students * PER-CENTRAL - Resources in Physics Education Research * Physical Sciences Resource Center - General Physics and Astronomy Collection * The Physics Front - Resources for High School and Middle School Teachers * Physics-to-Go - Informal Education and Outreach Materials * PTEC - Teacher preparation programs and resources all physics teachers should have * The Quantum Exchange - Resources in Quantum Physics. "ComPADRE is filling a stewardship role within the National Science Digital Library for the educational resources used by broad communities in physics and astronomy. This partnership of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the American Institute of Physics/Society of Physics Students (AIP/SPS), and the American Physical Society (APS) helps teachers and learners find, and use, high quality resources through collections and services tailored to their specific needs. Many authors and organizations are creating this rich educational content and faculty training opportunities, but wider accessibility and dissemination are needed. Authors are developing simulations, curricula, and multimedia for a wide range of topics and all education levels; science education researchers are developing research-based models of effective teaching and learning; organizations are providing workshops for teachers to improve their knowledge and skills; and students are communicating about learning physics. ComPADRE is supporting these author/user communities through discovery, organization, description, and sharing of their resources to achieve greater effectiveness for physics and astronomy education. The ComPADRE structure is both distributed and centralized; it combines the creation of multiple community-focused collections to meet user needs with the provision of central support and services for economy and scalability. This is analogous to the central services provided by a professional society to publish multiple journals focusing on the needs of diverse research communities. The ComPADRE collections focus on the needs of specific communities for "high quality" materials selected and organized specifically for their members. These collections "speak the users' language". ComPADRE's central services support these specialized collections, reduce duplication, and provide interoperability and resource sharing. Design and editorial procedures help streamline the creation of new collections." NSDL Pathway in physics and astronomy education. |
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| Is Component of: |
National Science Digital Library |
| Referenced By: |
APS - American Physical Society American Physcial Society - Education Programs |
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| Use of Resource: |
Educational Digital Library The premier source of educational materials for physics and astronomy education. The physics and astronomy education wing of the <a href=http://nsdl.org/> National Science Digital Library.</a> |
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Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very high |
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| Publication Date: | December 2006 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.compadre.org/portal/index.cfm |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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