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I suddenly have to move my face-to-face physics/astronomy course online! 
  
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L. Strubbe and S. McKagan
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This essay provides help for instructors needing to teach their courses online. It includes both basic principles and considerations for running a remote class and a list of…
https://www.physport.org/recommendations/Entry.cfm?ID=119906
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/
A revision of a traditional astronomy course through active learning  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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R. Zich, A. Sammons, and R. Rosenblatt
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R. Zich, A. Sammons, and R. Rosenblatt, PERC 2019 Proceedings, 687-692.
We report on the conversion of a general education sophomore-level astronomy course from traditional lecture-based methods to a more active-learning course. The course was reworked…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15228&DocID...
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...
Star Spectra Science: Using Balloons and Buttons to Model Spectroscopy  [ Report ]
  
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R. Vieyra; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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This lesson blends physics and Earth science as students explore the spectra of stars using a physical model composed of balloons and buttons. This activity introduces students to…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14318&DocID...
Eclipse Science: Modeling Eclipses in the Solar System  [ Report ]
  
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R. Vieyra
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This AAPT lesson blends physics and Earth/Space science as students build and use a physical model to explore the geometry of eclipse events. The model allows learners to model how…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14321&DocID...
The Physics Teacher
Stars of the Big Dipper: A 3-D Vector Activity 
  
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V. Kuo and R. Beichner; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers, Phys. Teach., 44 (3), 168-172 (2006).
Most teachers of introductory physics will agree that many students have difficulty with vectors, so much so that we frequently spend a week at the beginning of the semester…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2173325
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Research on a Lecture-Tutorial Approach to Teaching Introductory Astronomy for Non–Science Majors 
  
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E. Prather, T. Slater, J. Adams, J. Bailey, L. Monowar-Jones, and J. Dostal, Astron. Educ. Rev., 3 (2), 122-136 (2004).
The project produced learner-centered classroom instructional materials for a large-enrollment intro astronomy survey course for non-science majors. Lecture-Tutorials are…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2004019
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A National Study Assessing the Teaching and Learning of Introductory Astronomy Part II: The Connection between Student Demographics and Learning 
  
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A. Rudolph, E. Prather, G. Brissenden, D. Consiglio, and V. Gonzaga, Astron. Educ. Rev., 9 (1).
This is the second in a series of reports on a national study of the teaching and learning of astronomy in general education, nonscience major, introductory college astronomy courses…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER0009068
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
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