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Hello, i'v been asked about this program and would like to know if there are any views or ideas about it, for thos of you who hadn't heard about it yet - it is...
Hi everyone, I'm just wondering if anyone has any experimental or anecdotal evidence about problems students might have during the stellar evolution units that...
One misconception is that stars actually move as they evolve. Another is that all this happens quickly. I use SN 1987a as an example of a star that was...
Storrs, Alex
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Mar 21, 2003 2:36 pm
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... Janelle: These concepts were explored in the early 1980s, when Piaget hit the higher ed scene. Articles were published in Mercury and, I recall, in Physics...
Michael Zeilik
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Mar 26, 2003 2:15 am
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Thanks Mike, I thought the ideas that you outlined were thought provoking. These difficulties lend themselves well to interpretations using di Sessa's...
Ed Prather
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Apr 1, 2003 10:04 pm
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... -- Michael Zeilik The Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, FLAG, has been greatly revised! Check it out at: <http://www.flaguide.org> The FLAG is a...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Apr 2, 2003 3:02 am
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Is there a conceptual assesment test for cosmology being developed? Michael Huster Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Science Simpson College Redding, CA ...
We (the Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research team or CAPER) have been doing research on students ideas about cosmology for a few years. We do...
Ed Prather
eprather@...
Apr 2, 2003 9:18 pm
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... YES! But is now in formative stages, not ready for prime time yet. -- Michael Zeilik The Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, FLAG, has been greatly...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Apr 3, 2003 1:09 am
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Please excuse the interuption, but I wanted to let you know about an electronic email newsletter for astronomy education news. Moderated by the US National...
Hello, group I am part-time faculty at the small college where I teach (I'm an engineer by day and "moonlight" as an astronomy teacher). I agreed to teach a...
Dave, I teach an evening course that meets for 3 hours per session 3 times per week for 8 weeks. It sounds like a similar schedule. I only lecture for about 45...
For Dave Gill To get students out under the night sky, beyond reach of light pollution complaints I do a moon observation project, starting first lecture and...
Tom Olien
tom.olien@...
May 9, 2003 3:29 am
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... Dave: For assessments, see FLAG site below. Best would be those that integrate instruction, such as concept maps. My Interactive Lesson Guide in Astronomy:...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
May 9, 2003 2:54 pm
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This story is 100% true Please one people forward 10 e-mail to the world. World e-mail Fwd 1 = 1,000 Fwd 2 1,000*10 Fwd 3 10,000*10 Fwd 4 100,000*10 Fwd 5...
Hi. I've used the Project STAR materials off and on for over ten years, but I've never actually taught out of the textbook (published by Kendall-Hunt) despite...
... I have used the materials but I think that the book's choice of concepts would require a radically new type of ASTRO 101. That may be good! But you won't...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Jun 9, 2003 1:50 pm
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... BTW, very nice meeting you in Nashville. I'm using your quote about the Universe being "a really big place...probably the biggest." in one of my...
... From: Junior Faculty in Physics Education Research Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Job possibility Hey, all, The physics department at...
Two comments: 1. There's a fundamental difference between ASTRO 101 and calculus-based (or even algebra-based) physics courses. ASTRO 101 stands alone. On the...
... I used to believe this too, but I have come to realize that there is far too much tiering of introductory physics (physics for engineers, physics for...
... define "stands out" are you looking for glitzy pictures, extensive coverage, more up-to-date, ??? Dave Bruning Physics University of Wisconsin-Parkside...
Dave Bruning
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Jun 25, 2003 3:20 pm
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... Glitzy pictures don't do much for me. I'm looking for coverage of concepts with some mathematical meat thrown in. I have the latest edition (7th I believe)...
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