Inquiry-Based, Hands-on In-class Astronomy Activities

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #71.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V

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At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, we have restructured our introductory astronomy course to include hands-on inquiry-based in-class group activities. These activities utilize a learning cycle approach to cover specific astronomical concepts that traditionally resist conceptual change, such as phases of the moon and seasons, or that students have difficulty mastering, such as Hubble's law and the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Each group activity is designed to be completed during one 50-minute class period and utilize hands-on equipment whenever possible. In this poster, we will discuss the design and implementation of these group activities into our introductory astronomy course, as well as results of evaluation of the successfulness of these activities at promoting conceptual understanding and reasoning skills.

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