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).…
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-…
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,…
K. Williamson and S. Willoughby, Astron. Educ. Rev., 11 (1), 1-26 (2012).
Twenty-four free-response questions were developed to explore introductory college astronomy students’ understanding of gravity in a variety of contexts, including in and around…
K. Williamson, S. Willoughby, and E. Prather, Astron. Educ. Rev., 12 (1), 1-20 (2013).
We introduce the Newtonian Gravity Concept Inventory (NGCI), a 26-item multiple-choice instrument to assess introductory general education college astronomy (“Astro 101”) student…
