P-dog's blog: boring but important

Astronomy and physics education research and comments, field-tested think-pair-share (peer instruction) clicker questions, flashcard questions, in-class activities (lecture-tutorials), current events questions, backwards faded scaffolding laboratories, Hake gains, field-tested multiple-choice and essay exam questions, indices of discrimination, presentation slides, photos, ephemerae, astronomy in the marketplace, unrelated random sketches and minutiae.

20150529

Education research: MPEX pre- and post-instruction results (Cuesta College, spring semester 2015)

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The Maryland Physics Expectations survey (MPEX, Redish, Saul, and Steinberg, 1998) was administered to Cuesta College Physics 205B (college ...

Education research: SASS, ECCE and student learning outcomes assessment (Cuesta College, spring semester 2015)

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Student achievement of course learning outcomes are assessed by administering an Student Assessment of Skills Survey (SASS), a five-point Li...

Education research: ECCE statistics (spring semester 2015)

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Students at Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA) were administered a shortened version (22 out of 45 questions) of the Electric Circuit Conc...
20150525

Education research: SASS, SPCI and student learning outcomes assessment (Cuesta College, spring semester 2015)

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Student achievement of course learning outcomes are assessed by administering an Student Assessment of Skills Survey (SASS), a five-point Li...

Kudos: expanding my universe

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"Expanding My Universe," by Student 2021 Astronomy 210 May 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Kudos: different teaching style

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"Different Teaching Style," by Student 1175 Astronomy 210 May 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Online reading assignment question: advice to future students

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Astronomy 210, spring semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students have a weekly online reading assignment (hosted by Surve...
20150518

Astronomy quiz question: dark matter evidence

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Astronomy 210 Quiz 7, spring semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Stars further out orbiting at the same speed as stars near...

Astronomy quiz question: red dwarf nucleosynthesis?

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Astronomy 210 Quiz 7, spring semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA A red dwarf produced the: (A) hydrogen in the sun. (B...

Education research: SPCI statistics (spring semester 2015)

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Students at Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA) were administered the Star Properties Concept Inventory (SPCI version 3.0, developed by Jan...
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