A National Study Assessing the Teaching & Learning of Introductory Astronomy: A Detailed Analysis of the Demographics, Gender, & Topic Domains

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Jan 2009

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #429.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.260

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We conducted a national study on the teaching and learning of astronomy taught in general education, non-science major, introductory astronomy courses (Astro 101). Nearly 4000 students enrolled in 69 sections of Astro 101 taught at 30 institutions around the United States completed (pre- and post-instruction) the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI) from Fall 2006 to Fall 2007 (see Rudolph et al., this meeting). This poster will provide detailed information on the demographics of the student population who participated in this study. In addition we provide details on our analysis of the relationship between participants’ gender and their normalized gains for each class section. Our analysis will also examine the normalized gains of the individual classrooms for the specific subject domains of the LSCI.
We would like to thank the NSF for funding under Grant No. 0715517, a CCLI Phase III Grant for the Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars (CATS) Program.

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