Learner-Centered Introductory Astronomy Teaching

This Chautauqua course was led by Edward Prather and  Timothy Slater of the University of Arizona at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, July 6-8, 2004.  This was an intensive three-day course.   Ed was very good to share his PowerPoint slides with me and gave me permission to use them in this web site..

Date

Topics
July 6
Tuesday morning
Introduction

Tuesday afternoon
Active Learning
July 7
Wednesday morning
Lecture Tutorials

Wednesday afternoon
Think-Pair-Share
July 8
Thursday morning
Small Group Interactions

Thursday afternoon
Assessment

Ed & Tim are part of the Caper Team (
http://caperteam.as.arizona.edu/)
They would appreciate the opportunity to present their materials to astronomy instructors in this area. Please email me at jrbaker@twcnet.edu if you are interested in taking this course and I will act as facilitator. Personal Comments

Numerous materials were distributed as a part of the class.  Check out Materials for a complete listing.   For Astronomy Images in jpg format, visit  
http://www.twcnet.edu/jrbaker/R-D/Astronomy/index.html