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Wallace, Colin S.; Prather, Edward E.; Mendelsohn, Benjamin M. – Astronomy Education Review, 2013
What are the underlying worldviews and beliefs about the role of science in society held by students enrolled in a college-level, general education, introductory astronomy course (Astro 101)--and are those beliefs affected by active engagement instruction shown to significantly increase students' conceptual knowledge and reasoning abilities…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Science and Society
Gibbs, Michael G.; Berendsen, Margaret – Astronomy Education Review, 2007
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) conducted a national survey of in-service teachers participating in Project ASTRO. The survey results document (1) the value that teachers place on supplemental astronomy education provided by professional and amateur astronomers, and (2) the difference that teachers perceive in the value provided by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Astronomy, National Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Fraknoi, Andrew – Astronomy Education Review, 2004
Estimates are that approximately 100,000 to 125,000 students take introductory astronomy classes each year at colleges and universities that do not grant bachelor's or higher degrees in physics or astronomy. This represents roughly 40% to 50% of the total number of students taking intro astronomy in the United States. Such nonresearch institutions…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Education, College Science, College Faculty
Lippert, Nathaniel; Partridge, Bruce – Astronomy Education Review, 2004
The American Astronomical Society has recently developed an ambitious set of goals for introductory astronomy courses. How well does an introductory astronomy course based firmly on these goals actually do? In this article, an education student enrolled in such a class and the professor who taught it present an unvarnished analysis of one course…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Educational Objectives