http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/ CAE: Improving Astronomy Education Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:52:52 GMT Tim Slater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5439 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5439 REPOSTED FROM: GEOED-RESEARCH@... Grand Valley State University is looking to Hire a Visiting Professor of Science Education for the 2013-2014 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:18:48 GMT Janelle M. Bailey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5438 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5438 In addition to those that have already been suggested, let me mention The Classroom Astronomer (not peer reviewed but useful especially for more Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:21:54 GMT Stephanie J. Slater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5437 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5437 I was going to jump in here and suggest JCST, JGE, and the Latin American JAE, but Tim beat me to it....However, I can still add the International Journal of Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:21:31 GMT Eric Brunsell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5436 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5436 NSTA's Journal of College Science Teaching might even be interested in a regular column on astronomy education if someone is interested in writing it. Eric Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:21:21 GMT Kelle Cruz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5435 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5435 Wow, Carolyn, I'm super excited about this!! And I have many thoughts… First thought is that I think it's crucial to to "push" this information to the astro Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:21:04 GMT Tim Slater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5434 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5434 There are some strong choices available, different than what the AER editor has been suggesting in his letters to authors. One might also consider in addition Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:04:39 GMT Carolyn Brinkworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5433 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5433 Hi Kelle (and everyone), The highest impact education papers are published in the AERA journals Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:57:42 GMT Kelle Cruz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5432 What other journals should we be paying attention to? Right now, the AER is the only TOC I have in my feed reader. thanks, kelle On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:46 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:33:35 GMT Prather, Edward E - (eprather) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5431 FYI Astrolrner@CAE community, In case you haven't seen it yet, the statement below was issued by the AAS Council and is now on the AAS home page. Please feel Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:54:49 GMT waiferx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5430 Lecture-tutorial ("in-class activity") where students discuss different metallicities and ages of stars in the monolithic collapse hypothesis of the Milky Way. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:09:43 GMT Karen Lewis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5429 Hi Everybody,   Thank you so much for this wonderful outpouring of ideas. I've got lots to work with now! Karen Hi Everybody, Thank you so much for this Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:28:27 GMT Shupla, Christine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5428 Lots of great ideas presented! A few more: Someone has a neat radio activity that involves using a radio and aluminum -you set the radio to a frequency with Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:52:25 GMT waiferx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5427 Here's the planet-finding lecture-tutorial ("in-class activity") for September 5, 2013, where students determine the positions of the planets in the evening, Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:47:25 GMT The Dancing Astrophysicist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5426 Hi Karen First to address age-appropriateness, I work with this age group regularly through outreach, the Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth, and curriculum Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:39:48 GMT fraknoi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrolrner/message/5425 Dear Karen: The age range you are working with is exactly the age range we cover in "The Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0" (the DVD-ROM with 133 activities and