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Astronomy Education Review
  
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C. Wallace and J. Bailey, Astron. Educ. Rev., 9 (1), 010116 (2010).
Although concept inventories are among the most frequently used tools in the physics and astronomy education communities, they are rarely evaluated using item response theory (IRT).…
The Physics Teacher
  
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C. Morrow, Phys. Teach., 38 (4), 252-253 (2000).
Everyday association with time in our modern age involves watches, clocks, and calendars rather than the astronomical motions that were the original bases for timekeeping. However,…
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E. Prather and G. Brissenden, Astron. Educ. Rev., 7 (2), 1-17 (2008).
Professional development for astronomy instructors largely focuses on enhancing their understanding of the limitations of professor-centered lectures while also increasing awareness…
  
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Students who take a college level introductory astronomy lab course for non-science majors answer survey questions about the Moon and its phases as part of a regular curriculum. We…
American Journal of Physics
  
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S. Willoughby and A. Metz, Am. J. Phys., 77 (7), 651-657 (2009).
To investigate differences in learning gains by gender, we collected data in large introductory astronomy and biology courses. Male astronomy students had significantly higher pre-…
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J. Bailey, Astron. Educ. Rev., 6 (2), 133-139 (2007).
Through the use of open-ended surveys, students’ ideas about the properties and formation of stars were investigated. It was determined that, although students often know some basic…
International Journal of Science Education
  
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J. Bailey, B. Johnson, E. Prather, and T. Slater, Int. J. Sci. Educ., 34 (14), 2257-2286 (2011).
Concept inventories (CIs)—typically multiple-choice instruments that focus on a single or small subset of closely related topics—have been used in science education for more than a…
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B. Hufnagel, Astron. Educ. Rev., 1 (1), 47-51 (2002).
This paper describes the development of the Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT), a 33-question pencil-and-paper multiple-choice survey, up to the release of Version 2.0 in June 1999. The…
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G. Deming, Astron. Educ. Rev., 1 (1), 52-57 (2002).
The Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT) is the first research-based assessment tool developed for use in undergraduate introductory astronomy classrooms. The ADT National Project has…
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E. Brogt, D. Sabers, E. Prather, G. Deming, B. Hufnagel, and T. Slater, Astron. Educ. Rev., 6 (1), 25-42 (2007).
Seventy undergraduate class sections were examined from the database of Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT) results of Deming and Hufnagel to determine if course format correlated with…
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