Physics & Astronomy

This product accompanies:
Chaisson & McMillan,  Astronomy Today, 6/E

• A new teaching method, with specific techniques for building on the standard lecture format, is described.

  • Allows teachers to experiment with a mix of standard lecture and Peer Instruction.

• A full suite of approximately 500 hundred conceptual multiple choice questions called ConcepTests, suitable for Peer Instruction, covering a large number of topics.

  • Allows instructors to immediately employ Peer Instruction and to gauge the level to their class.

• As a rare collaboration among professional astronomers and educators, Peer Instruction for Astronomy describes several methods of building on and evaluating the ConcepTest database.

  • Provides specific suggestions for assessment of Peer Instruction and offers opportunities for collaboration with a growing network of interested instructors.

1. Introduction.


2. Peer Instruction for Astronomy.

Astronomy  (Physics & Astronomy)

"With this book Paul Green has removed the largest obstacle in implementing interactive teaching in introductory astronomy classes. His questions will help you turn passive students into active learners with a renewed sense of appreciation for astronomy." — From the Foreword by Eric Mazur, Harvard University, Author of Peer Instruction: A User's Manual

"Paul Green's sets of quick, in-class questions on topics of both traditional and contemporary astronomy are just the thing to keep students paying attention and to give continual feedback on what they are comprehending. I am glad to see ideas of collaborative learning extended to astronomy in such a useful way." — Jay M. Pasochoff, Williams College

"I have been using peer instruction for freshman astronomy for three years. Peer instruction works—the students become engaged, they think. Most of all, they seem to get the concepts." — Fran Bagenal, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

"Straightforward talk about teaching astronomy to undergraduates. I found myself nodding and saying, 'Yes, that's exactly what it's like!' I know I'm going to encourage everybody I know who teaches astronomy to get the book. Peer instruction is a relatively painless way to segue into the world of collaborative learning for professors who may never have experienced it as undergraduates." — Beth Hufnagel, Anne Arundel Community College

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CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
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MasteringAstronomy™ Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321582195 | ISBN-13: 9780321582195
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MasteringAstronomy™ Student Access Kit
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321582187 | ISBN-13: 9780321582188
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Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
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This title is a member of the The Educational Innovation-Astronomy Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the Educational Innovation-Astronomy Series page.

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  Learner-Centered Astronomy Teaching: Strategies for ASTRO 101
  Slater & Adams
  ©2003 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 167 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130466301 | ISBN-13: 9780130466303
  Suggested retail price: $41.60  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $31.20  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  Strategies for Teaching ASTRO 101 is a guide for instructors of the introductory astronomy course for non-science majors. Written by two leaders in astronomy education research, the newest member of the Prentice Hall Education Innovative Series details various techniques to increase students' understanding and retention of astronomy topics, with an emphasis on making the lecture a forum for active student participation. Drawing from the large body of recent research to discover how students learn, this guide describes the application of multiple classroom-tested techniques to the task of teaching astronomy to predominantly non-science students.

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  Peer Instruction for Astronomy
  Green
  ©2003 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 178 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130263109 | ISBN-13: 9780130263100
  Suggested retail price: $44.60  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $33.45  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  For courses in Introductory Astronomy.

  Peer Instruction is a simple yet effective method for teaching science. Techniques of Peer Instruction for introductory college Physics classes were developed primarily at Harvard, and have aroused interest and excitement in the Physics Education community. This approach involves students in the teaching process, making physics more accessible to them.

  Peer Instruction is a new trend in astronomy that is finding strong interest and is ideally suited to introductory Astronomy classes. This book is an important vehicle for providing common ground for instructors using the method nationwide, and also provides a bridge to future collaborative efforts by instructors. It is key that the instructor has a large number of thought-provoking, conceptual short-answer questions aimed at a variety of class levels. While significant numbers of such questions have been published for use in Physics, Peer Instruction for Astronomy provides the first such compilation for Astronomy.

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