High School Physics Textbooks

High School Physics Textbooks

Results from the 2008-09 Nationwide Survey of High School Physics Teachers

Casey Langer Tesfaye & Susan White

High School Physics TextbooksThis report examines the most widely used physics textbooks for the various types of physics courses taught in U.S. high schools; the data reveals the evolution in physics texts since 1987. We also provide teachers' ratings of these texts as used in the different classes. The data in this report is from our 2008-09 Nationwide Survey of High School Physics Teachers.

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