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.

20170729

Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting

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Astronomy 210 In-class activity 6 v.17.07.29, fall semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students find their assigned groups of ...
20170602

Physics final exam question: voltmeter reading of leaking capacitor

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA A capacitor is made from two parallel metal plates, and...

Physics final exam question: induced current in loops surrounding vertical wire

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA A vertical wire has a decreasing amount of current flo...

Physics final exam question: valid or invalid Feynman diagram?

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Discuss whether this Feynman diagram is valid or invali...

Physics final exam problem: microscope object distance

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA A NASA education guide for high school students[*] deta...
20170601

Physics final exam problem: destructive interference angles in one quadrant

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Two vertical radio transmitters broadcast in phase at t...

Physics final exam problem: ammeter and voltmeter readings

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Physics 205B Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA A lithium battery with an emf of 3.6 V and an internal ...
20170525

Presentation: marketplace astronomy (results)

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Let's compare your results with students from a previous semester. Here is the word tag cloud generated by Wordle.net for astronomy-re...
20170519

Online reading assignment question: advice to future students

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Astronomy 210, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students have a weekly online reading assignment (hosted by Surve...

Astronomy final exam question: are globular cluster stars metal-poor or metal-rich?

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, spring semester 2017 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA An astronomy question on an online discussion board[*]...
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