The NASA Education Forum in the Science Education Department of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has developed a comprehensive set of diagnostic...
... I can give it a try. -- Michael Zeilik The Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, FLAG, is at: <http://www.flaguide.org> The FLAG is a collaborative...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Sep 10, 2004 12:09 am
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EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Building Community: The Emerging EPO Profession September 14-16, 2005 ASP's 117th Annual Meeting -...
Do any of you have a policy that allows students to retake a test? I'd like to implement something like this as an experiement. I'm thinking of having a...
... I haven't done entire exam retests, but I have implemented mastery questions in both physics and astronomy. I usually have a "case study" on each astronomy...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Sep 29, 2004 10:15 pm
913
Dave asks about Retaking tests. Logistics, manageability and fairness have ruled out retaking a test in my classes. Alternatives: When I had 3 tests for the...
Tom Olien
tom.olien@...
Sep 29, 2004 10:53 pm
914
... Read my article in AER! No policy at UNM prevents retakes. http://aer.noao.edu/AERArticle.php?issue=5§ion=2&article=5 -- Michael Zeilik The...
Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Sep 30, 2004 3:11 am
915
Michael, I am now retired from classroom teaching - where I had to worry about grades - and am now doing outreach teaching for the Cincinnati Observatory; ...
Fhuss3@...
Sep 30, 2004 10:45 pm
916
1. How can I get a copy of the lunar phases pretest? 2. Seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth. When tilted toward the sun, it is summer; when tilted away...
I have a second test for each unit which does not change and students do not get to keep a copy of it. It is harder than the regular unit test (and the...
Hussong, William M.
hussong@...
Sep 30, 2004 10:46 pm
918
For my physics class, I just started a new policy on quizzes. I wasn't happy with how students viewed my weekly quizzes. They expected lots of partial credit...
Aaron- I have the same difficulties. For #2 I compare the 4000 or so miles difference to the 93,000,000. 1/25000 Showing the effect of light over a small vs...
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:56 pm
920
Also--make a scale model of that 1/2500 out on the football field. And compare the 3,000,000 mile difference still giving us winter in the N--- even though...
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:56 pm
921
... Email Rebecca at SIUE. ... Stand fairly close (~ 1 m or so) to an unfrosted 200W light bulb with your palm facing the bulb. Rotate your palm so that it...
... I dunno about the pretest, but for the seasons I keep a 16mm movie projector in my classroom. I don't use it for movies, but just to project a rectangle of...
Storrs, Alex
astorrs@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:56 pm
923
... I use a Radio Shack Solar cell and measure the current from the cell. I have it mounted on a simple board that I can rotate +/- 23 degrees (or more) -- a...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:56 pm
924
On the subject of test retakes: I've tried at least two things over the years that some readers might find worth trying. 1. The first method I tried allowed...
I am asking your assistance related to a 1-year lecturer position at the University of Nebraska that I have just received permission to offer. This will be a...
Hi Tina, now a lowly graduate TA, opened her big mouth up about the inverse square law of light and using a slide projector to demonstrate it. The professor...
You could try the lab on inverse square law of light on NASA's Structure and Evolution of the Universe web page ... law of light activity -Lindsay ... -- ...
Lindsay M. Clark
clark@...
Oct 27, 2004 6:41 pm
928
You could try using different watt lightbulbs for brightness comparison. They'd have to be at the same distance as the observer, though, otherwise the students...
Lauren V. Jones
jonesl@...
Oct 27, 2004 6:59 pm
929
Radio shack has a simple solar cell (not a phototransistor) -- the cost is probably under $5 still (mine is 10 years old). It puts out a current that is...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Oct 27, 2004 8:35 pm
930
Hi Tina I use an overhead with a transparency of a sheet of graph paper to do the lab. The number of "squares" of light that strike a surface is a measure of...
Message: 1 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:55:23 -0400 From: snupnhomer@... Subject: inverse square law of light and slide projector Hi Tina, now a lowly...
Storrs, Alex
astorrs@...
Oct 28, 2004 8:40 pm
932
Tina- We use the Vernier light probes hooked up to a computer. ( A solar cell an a meter may work) The projector may not give the nice 1/r2 curve, since it is...
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Nov 14, 2004 3:34 pm
933
The January 2005 meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in San Diego will feature several sessions that grew out of the Cosmos meeting. (This...
Hi All, I'm trying to figure out how to take a high school student to the AAS meeting in January. I contacted AAS and they do not have scholarships to take...
**attached is an advertisement for a faculty position at the Univ of Arizona focusing on elementary/middle/infomal education -- there is already a strong ...
Hi A while ago, some one gave me the name of a company that matches those interested in teaching at private schools with private schools. Does anyone know...
Hello, i figured some of you might be intrested in my "venus simulator". it actually is a baloon inside a bottle with a bycicle ventil tire glued to it's cork....
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