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...
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waiferx
Mar 11, 2012 11:27 pm
As a part of an online reading assignment before their first midterm, students listed three topics they found interesting (and explained why they found those...
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hardegkk
Mar 12, 2012 4:41 pm
Hi everyone, Some of you might have seen the AAS Facebook post earlier about the National Society of Black Physicists REU and graduate program application...
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waiferx
Mar 13, 2012 2:20 am
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: ...
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Lucy
oregano70
Mar 13, 2012 2:31 pm
Hi, Ed and Kelle, In response to the question "How many students write an explanation" I would say 2-3 out of 30. They write on their test. I only have 30...
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kevin.marvel
Mar 13, 2012 4:50 pm
The AAS is pleased to announce that in partnership with Dr. Shadia Habbal, past chair of the Solar Physics Division, we are organizing a planning workshop for...
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waiferx
Mar 16, 2012 2:51 am
Newest batch of multiple-choice questions (4) from this semester on the sun, spectra and Kirchhoff's laws, and star properties, with student response...
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Nick Strobel
strobelnick
Mar 16, 2012 2:51 am
At the beginning of February I forwarded a message about the Chautauqua program of short courses that includes several on astronomy. This professional growth...
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Thilina Heenatigala
thilina_atn
Mar 18, 2012 2:43 pm
Greetings! April 2012 is around the corner and it will again be a busy month for amateur and professional astronomers, educators and astronomy enthusiasts as...
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fraknoi
Mar 18, 2012 8:07 pm
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in partnership with the American Geophysical Union and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, is delighted...
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waiferx
Mar 20, 2012 1:16 am
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/about-next.html ...
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Kelle Cruz
kelle_lin
Mar 20, 2012 7:13 pm
Hi All, Any idea how one gets into a career in Science Education Policy? One of my former research students who has done a lot with K-12 education in NYC, is ...
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Paul Zeleski
pzeleski@...
Mar 21, 2012 2:04 pm
I'm enrolled in a Ph. D program for science education through the University of Wyoming. It's a great program and can be done through distance learning...
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Matt
matt452...
Mar 21, 2012 5:35 pm
Does anyone know of a good source of information for the origin of the atoms and molecules in the earth's atmosphere and why they have the abundances that they...
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Paul Zeleski
pzeleski@...
Mar 21, 2012 6:55 pm
Here are couple links that may be helpful. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210153538.htm ...
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Stephen Shawl
sjshawl
Mar 22, 2012 10:08 pm
(Somehow I am not able to post at the website...) There was a recent discussion about Kevin Lee's idea of posting lectures online (pre-class lectures) and...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 22, 2012 10:08 pm
Paul, Just an FYI. The third link is a creationist site, although apparently Old Earth style. [cid:image001.gif@...] Liam McDaid Astronomy...
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Paul Zeleski
pzeleski@...
Mar 23, 2012 4:25 pm
Oh, interesting. I just did a quick search and read through. CCSD Planetarium Director, Paul Zeleski...
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waiferx
Mar 27, 2012 1:42 am
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: ...
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Amy Forestell
amyforestell
Mar 29, 2012 8:32 pm
Hi all, I had a fun experience in my class that I wanted to share. Like many of you I give out NASA stickers to my students when they make a good point or ask...
