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Astronomy Education Review
Seven Concepts for Effective Teaching 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 3 (2011).
This is a brief essay about concepts for improving the way teachers teach. It is geared toward the field of Astronomy, but the concepts can be applied universally. The author…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011008
Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT) Version 2.0 
  
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Collaboration for Astronomy Education Research
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This is a diagnostic test developed by the Collaboration for Astronomy Education Research (CAER) for astronomy teachers teaching non-science majors at the introductory level. The…
https://www.physport.org/assessments/ADT
Peer Instruction for Astronomy  [ Book ]
  
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Peer Instruction for Astronomy is an instructor's guide to a method of enhancing lecture classes in introductory astronomy. This technique requires that the instructor have a large…
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Green-Peer-Instructi...
The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project 
  
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Editors: A. Daane, D. Doucette, C. Gosling, D. Hsi, C. Mathis, A. Morrison, S. Park, M. Rifkin, and J. Tabora
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The Underrepresentation Curriculum (URC) is a free, flexible curriculum for STEM instructors to teach about injustice and change the culture of STEM. Using tools such as data…
https://underrep.com/
Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy 
  
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E. Prather, T. Slater, J. Adams, G. Brissenden, and Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research
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These introductory astronomy tutorials are student-centered activities designed to promote conceptual understanding. Topics consist include understanding the celestial sphere,…
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Prather-Lecture-Tuto...
UNL ClassAction: Interactive Classroom Materials for Introductory Astronomy 
  
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This web site contains a series of in-class question modules. Each Flash module consists of a set of questions and resources designed to encourage student engagement in the…
https://astro.unl.edu/nativeapps/
Six Ways to Discourage Learning 
  
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D. Duncan and A. Southon
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This report lists six common teacher behaviors that should be avoided in the classroom.
https://casa.colorado.edu/~dduncan/teachingseminar/6ways2.pdf
AAPT New Faculty Workshop 
  
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This web page provides information and contacts for the New Faculty Workshop hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), in conjunction with the American…
https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/nfw.cfm
American Journal of Physics
Conceptual astronomy: A novel model for teaching postsecondary science courses 
  
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M. Zeilik, K. Teague, S. Hall, and W. Bisard, Am. J. Phys., 65 (10), 987-996 (1997).
An innovative, conceptually based instructional model for teaching large undergraduate astronomy courses was designed, implemented, and evaluated in the Fall 1995 semester. This…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18702
Journal of College Science Teaching
Reading Questions: Encouraging Students to Read the Text Before Coming to Class 
  
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C. Henderson and A. Rosenthal, J. Coll. Sci. Teaching, 35 (7), 46-50 (2006).
College science teachers know that students get the most out of class if they have completed the assigned reading. To reinforce this expectation, we ask our introductory physics…
http://web.archive.org/web/20180423093845/http://homepages.wmich.edu/~ch...
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