2008 Physics Education Research Conference
Physics Education Research with Diverse Student Populations
July 23-24, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta

The conference website has an explanation of the theme, the conference schedule,and most of the invited talk abstracts:
http://www.compadre.org/PER/features/newsdetail.cfm?id=154

Register for the PERC at the AAPT 2008 Summer Meeting website:
http://www.aapt.org/Events/SM2008/index.cfm

The 2008 PERC is currently accepting abstract submissions for
	• 	Contributed Posters
	• 	Targeted Poster Sessions
	• 	Round Table Discussion
	• 	Workshops
	• 	PER-Dating Service

In order to submit an abstract, you must login to comPADRE:  
http://www.compadre.org/per/user/login.cfm?LRURL=perc%2F
Registration is fast and free.

PERC Proceedings information can be found at
http://www.compadre.org/PER/conferences/2008/proceedings.cfm

DEADLINES:
Early bird registration for AAPT and PERC
	Thursday, June 5

Invited and contributed session abstracts  
	Sunday, June 15  (note: extension from original deadline)

PERC Proceedings manuscript submissions 
Contributed papers and peer-reviewed Invited papers
	Sunday, June 29
Invited papers, without peer review
	Sunday, August 3


We look forward to seeing you in Edmonton at the 2008 PERC.

Sincerely,
2008 PERC Organizers
	Nicole Gillespie, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
	Mel Sabella, Chicago State University
	John Thompson, University of Maine


P.S.:  Please forward this to colleagues who might be interested but are not on the PHYSLRNR, YOUNGPER, CTP-L, or CER listservs.




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John R. Thompson
Physics Education Research Laboratory

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Maine

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phone:  207-581-1030
fax:  207-581-3410