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...
Hi, Renee. We offer a masters for science & math at Southern Miss. We have a separate "Center for Science and Mathematics Education" which administers & awards...
[In fairness, I am noting this is my second attempt to post this. Gina is letting me post this and I hope she responds to it publicly as she did to me...
Hi Everyone, I just want to clarify that my blog isn't meant to fracture community interest in other good sites (there are so many) or to take away from the...
Hi All, First of all, I would like to apologize for sending a message meant to be private out to our group. As many of us know, this can often lead to...
... We tried to create a similar master's program. We had NSF funding, but miraculously, our administration turned down the money, which needless to say killed...
Dave Bruning
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Dec 5, 2007 11:42 pm
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Greetings, I am working on a curriculum for just such an audience, which teaches physics and mathematics through the natural connections with the arts, using...
... Hi Renee-- We do a lot of "short courses" and "workshops" for in-service teachers. These tend to be content-heavy, which is probably not too bad a thing...
Today I gave a review for the final exam, and I realized I am not happy with the format of my review sessions in general. Usually I give them a sheet of...
... Amen, brother. I like to refer people to the Onion article on "Intelligent Falling" Liam McDaid Astronomy Coordinator & Professor of Astronomy Sacramento...
Shannon: I include review sheets for each exam in the course pack the students purchase at the beginning of the semester. The review sheets include a list of...
I don't think your initial response was off the mark or inappropriate Gina. When I checked out Paul's blog, the my first thought was "wow, there's a lot of...
Juan, I couldn't have said it better. Thank you. Hopefully no messages will ever be withheld from this listserv because they are of a critical (which could be...
Gina, I have to agree with Juan. The drive for centralization or having one place to gather is a major reason why there is so much division and dissention...
I used to do reviews in a similar manner. Recently, though, I've given my students that review sheet at the beginning of the semester (with the caveat that...
Hi Shannon, On review day, I do nothing - the students do plenty. I hand out a review sheet a week before the exam that lists what they need to know for the...
Referring to the question about review sessions: My teaching mantra is ³Learning is something done by, not to, the learner.² In carrying this out, my role is...
Hi, Shannon. I tried this approach this year. I gave my students a (very short!) practice exam (concepts only) to start the review session. I estimate it took...
My university is currently working on choosing a clicker system to implement across campus. Does anyone have some advice on which systems are best, or which...
... Because I do a lot of application, I give students review questions that use the skills we develop in class. For example, given a temperature and radius...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Dec 7, 2007 6:17 pm
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Geez, I don't believe Gina attempted to muzzle Paul or try to bring an end to free speech. She did the right thing... she realized that there is a huge benefit...
I am currently working with another science education researcher to investigate what students learn about science in a typical introductory course, compared to...
I teach at a community college in Southern California with a very diverse student body and faculty. About a year ago, we made a similar decision to standardize...
I will disagree with Juan in the sense that we are too small a community and there are too many potential places for people to bury blogs and commentary. I...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Dec 7, 2007 8:41 pm
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... You really have to be careful about doing this in places like Texas. What I know some biology teachers in Texas do is to sidestep the evolution issue by...
I can't wait to see your results on this study. Where will it appear? I am working with one of our Science Ed profs on a similar topic. Not so much testing the...
I agree that evolution is a hot-button topic however, if the life science side of the entry and exit standards for Missouri we have included issues related to...
Dave, What if one is not permitted to remodel the foundations? I know this sounds absurd now, but education in astronomy will be big enough in the next few...
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