If you are interested in a copy of the solar system concept inventory, I recommend contacting Seth Hornstein at the University of Colorado at Boulder...
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stellarwave
Aug 31, 2011 7:32 pm
Saw a URL claiming this was available, but alas 404 is the result. Anyone have details on where it can actually be found? Chad...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Aug 31, 2011 7:31 pm
(Following up my comment that I don't think student athletes would ever text in one of their athletic meetings or practices, or classes.) I sit on a committee...
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waiferx
Aug 30, 2011 4:20 pm
Here's the conversation so far over on twitter.com (#astro101 hashtag): http://twitter.com/#!/Patrick_M_Len/status/107925813680291840 Patrick M. Len ===== ...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Aug 30, 2011 4:10 pm
I have to agree with David Whitman. We, as teachers, are supposed to have more knowledge than our students. When it comes to mutli-tasking we certainly do....
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Nick Strobel
strobelnick
Aug 29, 2011 10:45 pm
Yes, that video is a great one. I use it when talking about the pseudoscience of UFO as alien spacecraft but that's another thread. Every late-teen to early...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Aug 29, 2011 8:01 pm
David, ... This is why the gorilla video is so useful: http://viscog.beckman.illinois.edu/flashmovie/15.php Try this: ask the students to count the number of...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Aug 29, 2011 7:40 pm
The problem I see with this is that they are not up on the research which shows how harmful distractions can be. People are not so good at multitasking, but...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Aug 29, 2011 4:46 pm
I've never made any formal policy regarding such things; at most I've simply stated that we'd all appreciate it if your phone doesn't disrupt class. My feeling...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Aug 29, 2011 4:16 pm
I have not seen any research that shows that NOT giving the correct answer after discussion increases learning compared to giving it. An important paper by...
4175
waiferx
Aug 29, 2011 4:14 pm
Hello fellow astronomy educators, What are some of your smartphone classroom use policies/penalties? How much say do you, or your school, department, or...
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Daniel Loranz
dloranz40
Aug 28, 2011 7:42 pm
My understanding is that yes it should be absolutely clear to all students in class what the correct answer for a TPS question is before moving on, but that...
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Enrique
centzontotoc...
Aug 28, 2011 5:48 pm
Thanks, Melissa. I've looked at the research and witnessed the benefits of TPS in my classes, so the technique is not the issue: it is how to make it robust...
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MidasMom
jal_thor
Aug 28, 2011 5:11 pm
OK, here is a question I have not seen addressed about the effectiveness of the non-reveal TPS approach: in the end are we simply replacing an authoritative...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Aug 28, 2011 5:53 am
That's a great idea! Another thing I try to reinforce is that convergence is not a matter of the higher-performing students just giving the answer to the...
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Melissa N. Hayes-Gehrke
mhayesge@...
Aug 27, 2011 11:20 pm
... Do you mean that the students are upset that after a multiple-choice question, you do not explicitly state, "The correct answer is C." ? If so, does that...
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Enrique
centzontotoc...
Aug 27, 2011 10:16 pm
Douglas, I was impressed by your presentation on the iClicker at Cosmos in the Classroom 2010. I wish I was at a school where there was a budget, and a will,...
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waiferx
Aug 26, 2011 7:12 pm
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for next week: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20110722.html ...
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Matthew Craig
mcraig@...
Aug 26, 2011 4:54 pm
Hi, I was lucky to be at our observatory Wednesday night, and lucky enough to have a colleague who emailed me about the supernova. I put together the images...
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Dr. Alexander L. Rudo...
reindeer91
Aug 24, 2011 7:40 pm
Attached is a job ad for a position in Astronomy/Astrophysics at my institution, Cal Poly Pomona, located in Southern California. (This ad will be posted in...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Aug 22, 2011 7:51 pm
Darryl, Although REALLY high winds will make it harder to see the spectra, I haven't had too many problems with it. The thing I've found to be a bit tricky is...
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Christine
shuplac
Aug 22, 2011 7:49 pm
Regarding the question about assessing their understanding of lunar phases: We have conducted a number of teacher workshops about the Moon. One of my favorite...
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Stanford, Darryl
zetapuppi
Aug 21, 2011 5:38 am
Hi Liam, I've used the Rainbow Optics diffraction grating spectroscope in my observational lab. We were using a Meade 8" and a 10mm eyepiece for a...
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waiferx
Aug 20, 2011 8:11 pm
On the first day of class, students listed topics they expected to be interesting, and topics expceted to be confusing in introductory astronomy. Wordle.net...
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waiferx
Aug 20, 2011 8:44 am
As usual for the first day of class, had my students form groups, and work cooperatively on an in-class activity worksheet to discuss car brand names, and food...
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Steve Cooperman
skyemany2k
Aug 20, 2011 4:23 am
Perhaps this was said already . . . I have the moon-students put a sign on their chest that says "Near Side" and one on their back that says "Far side". So the...
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Stephanie J. Slater
sslaterwyo@...
Aug 20, 2011 4:22 am
Aloha everyone, It has been pointed out that I previously neglected to attach the key to the TOASt. My error. It's attached now. It might seem a key isn't...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Aug 20, 2011 1:04 am
Hi all, For most of you, a spectra is a wiggly line on a graph. This is the most data rich form and it's what we usually see, even in many NASA press...
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Deveau, Stacy N
sndeveau
Aug 19, 2011 6:21 pm
The moon always faces the Earth, not the Sun. As the Moon-student revolves around the Earth-student, the moon always 'faces' the Earth. The rotation is a...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Aug 19, 2011 6:19 pm
Hi Darryl, These cameras are great for education, but you do want to be sure your model has the output you want. I bought one <1 year ago and was frustrated...
