Welcome to the Center for Astronomy Education's (CAE's) academic discussion group for those interested in improving college-level astronomy teaching and learning.
This discussion group is moderated by Gina Brissenden, Program Director for CAE, at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. In addition, CAE has a Guest Moderator program. CAE's current Guest Moderator is John Feldmeier at Youngstown State Univ. in Youngstown, Ohio.
Another way of approaching projects for Astro 101 that are more meaningful might be to ask students to apply what they learned in astronomy class to another
Thanks for the reply, Tim. Sometimes I need a reminder that the students I'm working with don't have the background to do and understand research. I also
I want to try something different this summer with the labs. I want to spend 1/3 to 1/2 of the time introducing students to concepts and instruct on how to