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During the Fall semester of 2007, I taught one section of introductory astronomy and two sections of introductory physics. I received low evaluation scores in...
... in ... Jeff, Are these evaluations part of a standard form from your institution? I would not be worried about "training" students to understand and use...
Hi Jeff, You stroke a good point here. I will ask first how many students you have in your classes, so that may also weight in the possible feedback options...
Hi Jeff, These are great questions you are asking, and I don't really have the answers, but as I read what you were writing it seemed to me that there might be...
Hi Jeff, Boy, I know one thing for certain. You are not the only member of our CAE community asking themselves this question. I really look forward to...
... Greetings, Activities done in class may be feedback for those students who are bold and raise their hands, or speak out, but not for the shy ones who look...
Hi Jeff, ... I think it depends on the type of feedback you give them and the structure of the activities you mentioned. Do you go over commonly made mistakes...
Erik Brogt
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Mar 5, 2008 9:12 pm
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Jeff, As others have said, excellent comments and questions! There are two components that I will address: 1) Do the students realize they are receiving...
Jeff et al: To instructors, the important feedback concerns students' understanding. But students have a host of other concerns: "Different teachers expect...
Joann Eisberg
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Mar 6, 2008 7:53 pm
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... As an initial comment, I suspect your teaching evaluation form is ill-posed. Students answer that they got little feedback. But the question should first...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Mar 6, 2008 7:54 pm
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Dave Bruning sez: "As a different but similar issue is the red pen effect. I had my computational physics students do a project proposal as the first stage of...
... What I'd like to know is how to express-build that kind of trust with a class in, let's say, three weeks, because you generally need to have everything...
Dear Paul, Good question. As we all know, building trust can be especially tough in the science classroom when students walk into class having prior...
Building trust is no harder (and no easier) in the classroom than it is in the rest of life, and you do it in just about the same way. You ARE the subject...
Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Mar 10, 2008 3:38 pm
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There are still activity presentation slots open for both What's Up? sessions. Please forward to anyone who may be interested. The Association of Astronomy...
Hi, everyone- If you ever have dealt with your college/university accreditation agency, you know what fun it can be. We're currently in the process of proving...
Hi Renee, Two pieces of literature that may give you a start: Van Gelder, T. (2005). Teaching Critical Thinking, some lessons from cognitive science. College...
Erik Brogt
ebrogt@...
Mar 14, 2008 2:17 pm
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Renee, I teach a similar course at my school. It is a critical thinking class that focuses on skeptical thinking and how scientists do science. If you like,...
Greetings, To add to what Erik has said: Data and observations are the way to dispel myths. Approaching questions such as the accelerating universe and dark...
Hi Renee, A paper that comes to my mind that could give you ideas is: "Teaching Information Evaluation and Critical Thinking Skills in Physics Classes", by A....
I'm currently doing research on whether introductory astronomy courses make students any more "scientific." Do they understand the process of science better? ...
Dear Renee: This is a subject I'm very interested in and I sympathize with your dilemma of how we convey the scientific viewpoint without seeming close-minded...
I definitely agree with you that this should really be taught in every science class, I certainly make a point of it my courses. On the science vs. religion...
Hello all, Can anyone help me with finding concise resources (ideally electronic) related to the geology and climate of Mars (or other objects in the solar...
Renee, Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy site is one of the best resources around, and Phil is one of the least confrontational skeptics out there (Phil, in fact is...
There are several resources on this topic. The one I am most familiar with was generated by colleagues and was originally written at a middle-school level for...
Hi Mike, I don't know if you're looking for images, information or curricular materials. I have some suggestions for the first though. Google Mars: Google's...
Hello all, This is my first time posting to astrolrner though I've been an avid reader for a number of years. Renee's post and the great suggestions that have...
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