A Study of the Development of the Paradigms in Physics Program

Implementation involved voting on adopting the plan, garnering resources, designing the new courses, designing and initiating evaluation procedures, evaluating the initial course designs, gaining university approval and negotiating with the registrar, teaching the new courses, engaging teaching assistants in new ways, meeting regularly to discuss what was happening, involving the external evaluator in the curricular meetings, monitoring student experiences, building a community of students, and resolving conflicting visions and approaches.