Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-329).

Teaching introductory physics -- Desired student outcomes -- Five lessons for teachers -- Toward an active-learning environment -- Does it work? -- Teaching introductory physics -- Things to consider -- Laboratories and recitations -- Physics education research -- What is physics education research? -- Summary of findings from physics education research -- Examples of students' alternative conceptions -- Knowledge structures and problem solving -- Implications for instruction--the five lessons -- An active-learning classroom -- So what's wrong with lectures? -- Active learning -- A dozen things you can do to change physics education -- Just the FAQs -- Topics in introductory physics -- Vectors and mathematics -- Motion and kinematics -- Force and Newton's laws -- Impulse and momentum -- Energy -- Oscillations -- Waves -- Thermal physics -- Thermodynamics -- Electrostatics -- Electric fields -- The electric potential -- Current and conductivity -- DC circuits -- Magnetic fields -- Electromagnetic induction -- Geometrical optics -- Physical optics -- Quantum physics.