Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21343009n&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #462.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.263
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Instructors who are considering new strategies in their introductory astronomy course often ask, "How much will I have to cut in order to use these methods?” While there is no single answer to this question, many instructors may find it useful to know what someone else has done in this area. This presentation will demonstrate changes to the curriculum of an introductory-level course on stars and galaxies for nonscience majors. In particular, we will discuss changes to: topics included in the course; approximate course time per topic; number of presentation slides per topic; number of in-class activities per topic; number of in-class questions, a la Peer Instruction (Mazur, 1997; Green, 2003); and number of test questions per topic. While these changes are not to be taken as a dogmatic "how-to,” they may serve as a representative example of the considerations an instructor embarking down the learner-centered path may take.
This project is supported by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Division of Research and Graduate Studies.
Bailey Janelle Margaret
Nagamine Kentaro
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