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ASTRONOMY TEACHING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT May 29-30, 2004 in Denver, Colorado (9am-5pm) Prior to the American Astronomical Society Meeting June 21-23, 2004 in...
T F Slater
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Apr 21, 2004
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I have yet to find an Astro 101 textbook that I like. To be more precise, I like a lot of them, a lot, but I have yet to see one which I think is right for...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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May 27, 2004
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If the class is for non-astronomy majors, why use a text at all? There are some "popular" press books that might do even better than a text, precisely because...
kenneth Carlson
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Wow! Reading your message made me think that I've found a friend :-) I completely agree with everything you said. Personally, I am looking for "Physics By...
Aaron Titus
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May 27, 2004
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Hey Aaron, I might have a partial solution. Although its not the astronomy match for PBI exactly. We (the CAPER team) spent the last three years developing...
Ed Prather
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hello, i would like to recive your advice or some advice on how can i get help... fisrt off, im from Israel , so please excuse my poor spelling. i have recntly...
Amir Bernat
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May 27, 2004
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I have to agree with Ed. The CAPER team with Ed and Tim has the right track. I took their course last summer in Hawaii, and it made a huge difference to the...
gheri fouts
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Jun 1, 2004
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The textbooks should only be used as reference books. The learning happens when there is true involvement, discussion, and inquiry. Disclosure: I'm a textbook...
Shawl, Steve
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Jun 2, 2004
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Hello fellow astronomy educators, A couple months ago I posted some questions about a curriculum I am in the process of developing, and I am hoping again to...
Julia Plummer
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Jun 12, 2004
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collisions of celestial objects.  If you do decide on the above theme I recommend you get a gravity simulator computer program. I use Gravatation Ltd. for the...
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Hi Dennis, Thanks for the suggestion. I used a program such as you described in an introductory astronomy lab (college) a few years back that was quite a bit...
Julia Plummer
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Jun 14, 2004
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... (snip) ... Because all those that can, have. (More or less-- the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter is a good example of ongoing planetary...
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Jun 16, 2004
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Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply. I agree with your assessment of question 3 (How do we know if an asteroid is going to hit the earth?) – it is the most...
Julia Plummer
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Jun 18, 2004
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I disagree that if a student of astronomy is told the textbook is to be used as a reference book, the student will think that reading the book is unimportant....
gheri fouts
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Jun 23, 2004
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When I first received this message, I was going to make a long and spirited reply. Here's a brief one instead! To first order—content—the books ARE the...
Michael Zeilik
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Jun 29, 2004
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When I started reviewing texts my reaction was the same as the initiator's of this thread. But, I was not looking at the texts from a student's prespective. I...
Michael Huster
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Jul 13, 2004
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Folks: When I first received this message, I was going to make a long and spirited reply. Here's a brief one instead! To first order—content—the books ARE...
Michael Zeilik
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Jul 13, 2004
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I want to try giving the ADT as a pre and post test to my introdutory astronomy class this year. The web page for the test indicates that no questions should...
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Aug 13, 2004
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... Good! How big of a class? Do not use a subset; there are only 21 questions and using fewer ruins the reliability. You can omit any of the demographic...
Michael Zeilik
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... A class of between 100 and 120. I expect that the overlap between the people who take it the first day and the people who take it at the end of the term...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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I teach at a community college, where each student's decision about whether or not to enroll is highly volatile. One semester, I gave the ADT on the first day...
Vakil, David
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Aug 13, 2004
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... YES! But you can use the results to revise the course. -- Michael Zeilik The Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, FLAG, has been greatly revised! Check...
Michael Zeilik
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Aug 14, 2004
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... I have not heard such a reason in many semesters of giving the ADT to about a thousand students. I agree it could happen, but is very rare. I ado not know...
Michael Zeilik
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Aug 14, 2004
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... if this is a common phenomenon or not. There is a huge enrollment turnover at community colleges, and rarely does one find out why specific students change...
Joe
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... To add my two cents, I have experienced students dropping my course after taking the pretest on the first day, although I give both the LPCI and the ADT....
Rebecca Lindell
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... You give the LPCI and the ADT the same day? I usually wait till about a week before we hit lunar phases but I have done it both ways. I have the problem...
Joe
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... Anyone needing 10 response scantrons to utilize the LPCI please contact me. I can provide either information on how to order them, or provide them and scan...
Rebecca Lindell
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Aug 16, 2004
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... My class periods are 75 minutes, so I more than enough to hit the highlights of the course and give the ADT with no time pressure. I also ask students to...
Michael Zeilik
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From joe: I have used the ADT off and on since its inception but am reconsidering using ... Do NOT use "I don't know'! The research is clear that women will...
Michael Zeilik
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Mike, Out of curiosity, what coop. group activity do you dothe first day of class? Michael Huster Simpson (soon to be) University Redding, CA ...
Michael Huster
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