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...
867
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
May 27, 2004 4:55 pm
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...
868
kenneth Carlson
kcarl50@...
May 27, 2004 6:22 pm
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...
869
Aaron Titus
aaronpatrick...
May 27, 2004 8:14 pm
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...
870
Ed Prather
eprather@...
May 27, 2004 10:03 pm
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...
871
Amir Bernat
amir_bernat
May 27, 2004 11:30 pm
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...
872
gheri fouts
gf2202
Jun 1, 2004 4:12 am
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...
873
Shawl, Steve
sjshawl
Jun 2, 2004 3:05 pm
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...
874
Julia Plummer
jremmulp
Jun 12, 2004 2:31 am
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...
875
derickson@...
Jun 12, 2004 10:22 pm
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...
876
Julia Plummer
jremmulp
Jun 14, 2004 10:14 pm
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...
877
Storrs, Alex
astorrs@...
Jun 16, 2004 6:46 pm
... (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...
878
Julia Plummer
jremmulp
Jun 18, 2004 6:40 am
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...
879
gheri fouts
gf2202
Jun 23, 2004 7:59 am
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....
880
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Jun 29, 2004 8:27 pm
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...
881
Michael Huster
mehuster
Jul 13, 2004 5:18 am
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...
882
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Jul 13, 2004 2:41 pm
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...
883
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
Aug 13, 2004 7:48 pm
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...
884
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Aug 13, 2004 9:39 pm
... 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...
885
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
Aug 13, 2004 9:45 pm
... 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...
886
Vakil, David
davidvakil
Aug 13, 2004 11:37 pm
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...
887
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Aug 14, 2004 3:53 pm
... 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...
888
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Aug 14, 2004 3:54 pm
... 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...
889
Joe
betapict
Aug 16, 2004 3:59 pm
... 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...
890
Rebecca Lindell
rlindel@...
Aug 16, 2004 6:27 pm
... 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....
891
Joe
betapict
Aug 16, 2004 8:59 pm
... 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...
892
Rebecca Lindell
rlindel@...
Aug 16, 2004 9:24 pm
... 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...
893
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Aug 17, 2004 1:35 am
... 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...
894
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Aug 17, 2004 2:39 pm
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...
895
Michael Huster
mehuster
Aug 17, 2004 7:39 pm
Mike, Out of curiosity, what coop. group activity do you dothe first day of class? Michael Huster Simpson (soon to be) University Redding, CA ...
