Factors influencing the implementation of physics curriculum projects are examined. Large scale implementation of curriculum projects is discussed in terms of involving representatives of many groups, including the government, the educational system, technical colleges, industry, professional associations, examining boards, parents, and society.…

In evaluating whether the laboratory guides for Project Physics and for PSSC are consistent with the goals of their designers in demonstrating the interplay between experiment and theory in the development of physics, a system was developed for analyzing physics laboratory investigations, and the laboratory activities in the "PSSC Physics…