Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy

Adams, Jeff; Prather, Edward E.; Slater, Tim; Dostal, Jack

ISBN 10: 0131479970 / ISBN 13: 9780131479975

Published by Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy

Publisher: Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Edition: Edition Unstated.

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Synopsis:

For introductory astronomy courses. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy are designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive. Each of the 29 Lecture-Tutorials is presented in a classroom-ready format, challenges students with a series of carefully designed questions that spark classroom discussion, engage students in critical reasoning, and require no equipment.

From the Back Cover:

Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy, which was developed by the Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team, is a collection of classroom-tested activities designed for the large-lecture introductory astronomy class, although it is suitable for any astronomy class. The Lecture-Tutorials are short, structured activities designed for students to complete while working in pairs. Each activity targets one or more specific learning objectives based on research on student difficulties in astronomy. Most activities can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes.

The instructor's guide provides, for each activity, the recommended prerequisite knowledge, the learning goals for the activity, a pre-activity assessment question, an answer key, suggestions for implementation, and follow-up questions to be used for class discussion or homework.