We seem to have moved from the question of ordering questions on a test to the construction of the questions themselves. I wrote test questions as a member of...
Fhuss3@...
Nov 1, 2007 2:19 pm
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Hello! Well, this is a first: After lecturing on the dependence of luminosity on the size and temperature and how one can derive either size, temp, or...
Not all deans ask faculty to dumb down their classes... I "is" one (a dean, not a class) and I don't do so. And I also still teach at least one AST101 class...
You are invited to attend community workshops at the upcoming AGU and AAS Meetings on Student Collaboration opportunities within NASA's Science Mission...
Hi Nick, If the problem is that the students are "experientially impoverished," i.e., don't have scientific intuition because they don't interact enough with...
... I use light bulbs in a demo as it is easier for students to picture that two light bulbs of the same wattage will be brighter than one. They also seem to...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Nov 1, 2007 10:04 pm
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My students also had great difficulty with that particular lecture-tutorial, and I would welcome a more effective version. I'm perplexed because I usually find...
Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Nov 1, 2007 10:05 pm
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Hi Nick, I had a few students try to answer this way on the LST tutorial as well, but typically as I talked to them, I discovered that those students were ...
Cooking examples have become less effective because fewer and fewer cook from scratch. Opening a package and popping it into a microwave, oven or toaster is...
Hello, Does anyone know of any available powerpoints or other resources for teaching non-western astronomy history? I am thinking maybe Central or South...
Hey Nick, The beginning of the Luminosity, Temperature and Size tutorial is tough for students. I also find that many students have difficulty with the stove...
Could you explain what you mean by "success-based solutions that never go near dumbing down! "? ... From: REYNOLDS, MICHAEL To: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com ...
Just for myself I started a Yahoo group on the topic of Non Western Astronomy. It was to support my work in ProjectAstro with the Astronomical Society of the...
Dear All, The blackbody radiation laws (Wien's and Stefan-Boltzmann) have been the central to the discussion on stellar evolution in my astronomy classes,...
For First Nations' astronomy in North America, see the works of Glen Aikenhead in Canada, and Michael Zeilick in New Mexico; for Islamic contributions, see the...
Milt and Others: There is a resource guide on the astronomy of many cultures, that I put together with help from a number of instructors. You can find it at: ...
Hi Milton, If I understand, you have been able to do an RGB merge of image files, but now you have found that the alignment between the different color ...
Hello all, I'm curious to know whether anyone has worked on adapting the lecture- tutorials developed by the CAPER team into a lab setting: that is, a setting...
Many people who have attended our Center for Astronomy Education workshops have told us that they either are using, or intend to use, our Lecture-Tutorials for...
Hi, Michelle. In one of our astronomy courses, the first 4 weeks of lab are spent doing kinesthetic activities regarding the relative motions of the Earth,...
Michelle, Two years ago, I taught an introductory astronomy course with a lab. I decided to make the lab component all about observing the night sky, and I...
Check out NAAP http://astro.unl.edu/naap/help/general_overview.html ... Dennis Erickson WA9FBC Astronomy/Physics Teacher The Latin School of Chicago 312 582...
This is not specific to CAPER's lecture-tutorials, but on the topic of student-centered labs on apparent and actual motions of Sun-Moon-Earth: Have you checked...
Bingamon, John
bingjo01@...
Nov 27, 2007 9:39 pm
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Dear Astronomy / Space Science Educator, I have included below information on a set of events appropriate for K-12 students or their teachers that will be...
On Behalf of Lindsay Bartalone: Two positions open at the Adler Planetarium. Cheers, Jake ... Master Educator for Teacher and School Programs A full-time...
Hi Folks! I frequently present a program titled Apparent Sky Motion, where students are asked to make predictions about how the sky will appear to change in ...
rkang@...
Nov 30, 2007 4:41 pm
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Hi everyone, I recently started a blog to discuss and comment on astronomy education research, and to collect resources into a Web 2.0-style format. There are...
Hi Paul, Your idea is commendable, but I do believe that Astrolrner@CAE is already the place for such comments on astronomy education research. CAE's goals ...
Hi, everyone- I'm currently part of a group that is attempting to create a MASTERS program for math and science educators. The targeted educators are middle...
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