Hello All, Like a lot of other instructors, I too have had resistance from students that are very uncomfortable with learner-centered astronomy instruction. I...
I don't like the idea that poor performance on a test should be ignored, nor do I like the idea that a student cannot improve and make-up those early mislead...
A new issue of the Universe in the Classroom is now available: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/71/howfast.html How Fast Are You Moving...
John thanks for the thought provoking posting. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am really really enjoying the discussion that is going on right now...
Ed Prather
eprather@...
Jun 6, 2007 10:12 pm
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Hi All, I feel like replying to Ed and John's comments about student expectations in the classroom. This is a long reply, so I apologize in advance. For...
Dear Members of the Astronomy, Space Science, and Astrobiology Community, There's still time to register for the last NASA Center for Astronomy Education (CAE)...
Special Announcement: A Few Additional Full Scholarships Available for Meeting on Teaching Intro Astronomy ... On August 3 - 5, over 200 astronomy instructors...
I hope your summer is going well. I have been traveling for most of the summer, and I am now in Tucson, Arizona, spending some time with my colleagues at the...
I would like some feedback from the community about a good textbook for a solar system course where the audience is ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. I have read the...
Rachel Connolly
connolly@...
Aug 3, 2007 6:29 pm
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Hi Rachel I would say that choosing a textbook for a solar system course is tough regardless of the level. I would like to explain the level of my course and...
Hi Rachel! My team in Oregon is currently teaching a series of Institutes for K-12 teachers, we're using a workbook rather than a textbook, supplemented by ...
rkang@...
Aug 7, 2007 5:11 pm
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Hello! At the risk of starting a flame war, I would like to share with you a webpage I created in response to conversations I had with some fellow teachers at...
... Sorry I have been at a meeting and slow to respond. You might check the Astrophysics textbook survey at AER (http://aer.noao.edu/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=236)...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Aug 8, 2007 1:33 am
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Dear Group: I hope you will forgive an author mentioning his own book, but if you are aiming at elementary school teachers, I suspect the level of the book...
Dear Astro Education research folks, The Department of Physics [www.siue.edu/PHYSICS] at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) invites applications...
Please excuse cross-postings. A new issue of the Universe in the Classroom is now available: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/72/ ...
The amount of software one can use with a class has expanded in recent years. The question becomes how best to use it (if at all!). For example, we have the...
Thought some of you may be interested... ________________________________ Subject: FW: [POD] A conversation with Eric Mazur Jerry Becker (2007) recently copied...
I think of blogs as weekly/daily columns written by someone to share with the entire world. Thus a blog for just the class doesn't make sense. Blogs often have...
Greetings, You wrote: " Dark matter makes up 80% of the matter in the universe, yet it is invisible and we're not quite sure what it is." I believe this...
The latest stats given on the WMAP site gives dark energy at 74%, dark matter at 22%, atoms at 4%. If "matter" = dark matter + atoms, then you get [dark...
Hi Nick and Jatila, Thanks for catching this point. We meant matter to be "dark matter+atoms" not "everything except atoms), but I appreciate that the point is...
For almost 30 years the international and national Lilly Conferences have provided a forum for learning about, reporting, and discussing the results of the...
Hello, If you have listservs for science teachers, science education specialists and/or scientists who work with teachers, would you place on those listservs...
Hi, Please find the attached posting for a faculty position at Michigan State University. Both the Physics Department and Lyman Briggs College are highly ...
Two suggestions: 1) From www.astronomyinspanish.org/slm/eng/book/sec/dic_astronomia Emacs! Title: Astronomy Dictionary Author: Ian Ridpath Translator:...
Hi All We spend a great deal of time discussing learner-centered teaching for Astro 101. I was wondering if any of us is using these strategies in teaching ...
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