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Kavanagh, Claudine; Sneider, Cary – Astronomy Education Review, 2007
This article is the first of a two-part review of research on children's and adults understanding of gravity and on how best to teach gravity concepts to students and teachers. This first article concerns free fall--how and why objects fall when they are dropped. The review begins with a brief historical sketch of how these ideas were developed in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Physics, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
Sanders, Nathan E.; Newton, Elisabeth; Kohler, Susanna – Astronomy Education Review, 2012
Because undergraduate participation in research is a longstanding and increasingly important aspect of the career path for future scientists, students can benefit from additional resources to introduce them to the culture and process of research. We suggest the adoption of the web resource "Astrobites" as a classroom tool to increase the…
Descriptors: Internet, Careers, Astronomy, Undergraduate Study
Gross, Nicholas A.; Lopez, Ramon E. – Astronomy Education Review, 2009
Anecdotal evidence has suggested that advanced undergraduate students confuse the spiral structure of the interplanetary magnetic field with the flow of the solar wind. Though it is a small study, this paper documents this misconception and begins to investigate the underlying issues behind it. We present evidence that the traditional presentation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions
Kavanagh, Claudine; Sneider, Cary – Astronomy Education Review, 2007
This is the second and final part of a review of educational research on children's ideas about gravity. The first part concerned students' understanding of how and why things fall. This article picks up the trail of research studies that address students' understanding of the more complex ideas of projectile motion and orbits and examines how the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Physics, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
Byrd, Gene G.; Coleman, Susanna; Werneth, Charles – Astronomy Education Review, 2004
Our University of Alabama introductory astronomy course has large enrollments, with the usual problems of low attendance and students putting off studying until just before major exams--with predictable consequences. We tried one strategy--cooperatively answering quiz questions--during our May 2002 interim term. Classes were long: three hours a…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Tests, Science Instruction, College Science
Yusofi, E.; Mohsenzadeh, M. – Astronomy Education Review, 2010
We have used the expansion process of hot milk, which has similarities with the cosmic expansion, to facilitate easier and better visualization and teaching of cosmological concepts. Observations of milk are used to illustrate phenomena related to the Planck era, the standard hot big bang model, cosmic inflation, problems with the formation of…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Observation, Models, Science Education
Bardar, Erin M.; Prather, Edward E.; Brecher, Kenneth; Slater, Timothy F. – Astronomy Education Review, 2005
In this era of dramatically increased astronomy education research efforts, there is a growing need for standardized evaluation protocols and a strategy to assess both student comprehension of fundamental concepts and the success of innovative instructional interventions. Of the many topics that could be taught in an introductory astronomy course,…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Introductory Courses, Spectroscopy, Astronomy