The Department of Energy has run a similar program for about 10 years. Unfortunately the application deadline closed 1/10. ...
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Alvidrez, Richard F (...
dad90032
Mar 1, 2012 8:46 pm
Good news. There is another REU in the Los Angeles area which supports mostly community students, the PI is at Los Angeles City College and many intern at JPL....
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Mar 1, 2012 9:18 pm
I wouldn't discourage CC students from applying to any other REU program either. Although the ratio of applications to research slots is ridiculously large...
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Kelle Cruz
kelle_lin
Mar 3, 2012 5:53 pm
Hey All, Just was alerted to this new resource with long form articles (~6 pages of text) about the process of science stories behind several big astro ...
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Rebecca J Ericson
rericso1@...
Mar 4, 2012 2:31 am
Thanks Kelle, These come from the Science 101 web page posted on the Berkeley website at http://undsci.berkeley.edu/teaching/guide_to_us.php. A common general...
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kukulkan
lordkukulkan
Mar 5, 2012 1:41 pm
Hi all, I am looking for programs in Masters Astronomy Education anywhere in the Europe, US and Australasia region. I am looking for options so I have been...
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Kelle Cruz
kelle_lin
Mar 5, 2012 3:14 pm
Hi All, How do you respond when the students say, "these are trick questions!" I say something along the lines of, no, they are questions that are challenge...
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Robinson, Paul E.
nearbystars
Mar 5, 2012 8:17 pm
Kelle, I see nothing wrong with your response. That’s similar to what I say in these situations. I find it’s pretty rare, though, especially if the...
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French, Rica
ricadink
Mar 5, 2012 8:18 pm
They're not "trick" questions; they're "do you truly understand?" questions. Rica Sirbaugh French | Professor of Astronomy Center for Astronomy Education |...
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demosthenes554
Mar 5, 2012 8:18 pm
Hi all, Astrobites.com is interested in putting together an AER publication on the use of astrobites in the classroom. To do so, we're first trying to gather...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 5, 2012 8:24 pm
Kelle, I don’t get this much because my students understand from early on that I won’t give them the answer. My labs are filled with challenging questions...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 5, 2012 9:16 pm
I've been wondering about this for a while. We focus a lot of energy on how we teach and I see far fewer discussions on how we evaluate. Most people using...
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Ingram, Douglas
ingram527
Mar 5, 2012 9:35 pm
Hello, everyone. New to the list, and I'll throw in my two cents. If a student is willing to engage you in a conversation about the quality of a particular...
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Aaron Clevenson
clevenab
Mar 5, 2012 10:36 pm
More often than not, I find that the "trick questions" are ones that the student does not read in its entirety. I concur with the response that says asking...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Mar 6, 2012 3:03 am
There's a professor here from Hungary who says that's the way it was done in EVERY class in Hungary. The written final was just a screening for the oral...
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Lucy
oregano70
Mar 6, 2012 3:14 pm
Hello, Similar to what Aaron suggested, I have started telling students that if they feel a test question is confusing or “tricky” they can write a short...
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Kelle Cruz
kelle_lin
Mar 6, 2012 3:40 pm
Lucy, cool idea! I could see my students responding well to that option! Do they write the explanation during the test? Basically, do they turn in the exam and...
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Miller, Scott
stm009@...
Mar 6, 2012 5:19 pm
A recent comment in another thread reminded me of a question I've thought about asking but never have. What is your general attitude towards returning exams...
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Edward Prather
eeprather
Mar 6, 2012 5:19 pm
Lucy, in addition to Kelle's questions I want to ask you, how many (or what percent) of your students take you up on this offer? Ed ... Dr. Edward Prather ...
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Melissa N. Hayes-Gehrke
mhayesge@...
Mar 6, 2012 6:00 pm
I return the midterm exams, but my university's policy is that we must retain the final exams. In addition to returning the midterm exams, prior to the...
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Robinson, Paul E.
nearbystars
Mar 6, 2012 6:01 pm
Ed didn't ask me, but I'll offer my experience. I experimented for several semesters with this option of allowing students to write an explanation if they...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Mar 6, 2012 6:25 pm
I've offered this option (write an explanation during the exam, to get credit on any multiple-choice question which the student finds ambiguous) for five years...
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French, Rica
ricadink
Mar 6, 2012 8:04 pm
Trying to address multiple issues in one message here. I do all multiple-choice exams and echo Paul Robinson's recent comments. Good questions can test for...
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Kristin Chon
krisastro
Mar 6, 2012 8:05 pm
I use this option on every exam I give that has a multiple choice component. My astronomy classes have 35-40 students, and I'll typically have 5 or 6 students...
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Nicolle Zellner
nicollezellner
Mar 6, 2012 8:06 pm
I teach on a small campus, and I soon learned that my exams were filed away at the fraternities and at other clubs. I didn't so much worry about students...
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waiferx
Mar 6, 2012 8:10 pm
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: ...
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sjshawl
Mar 7, 2012 3:51 pm
One of the recent posts mentioned oral exams. For perhaps 30 years or so at the University of Kansas, I had given oral final exams to students who had done "A"...
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georgiabracey
Mar 7, 2012 10:09 pm
Hi All, I need help piloting a concept inventory to assess student understanding of lunar and rocky planet surface geology. The inventory consists of 25...
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waiferx
Mar 11, 2012 2:24 pm
With the first midterm graded, here are sample student responses (rubrics and grading distributions as well) to a new batch of essay questions. Many of these...
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waiferx
Mar 11, 2012 2:25 pm
Dear Scott (and fellow threadmates), All exams are handed back to my students, and post the essay questions (and student response exemplars) on my research...
