Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy (Educational Innovation-Astronomy)

Jeff Adams; Edward E. Prather; Timothy F. Slater; Jack Dostal

ISBN 10: 0131479970 / ISBN 13: 9780131479975

Published by Benjamin Cummings, U.S.A., 2004

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy...

Publisher: Benjamin Cummings, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Book Type: Closed Bookshop

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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.