Conducting astronomy education research: a primer

This'Primer' informs and motivates instructors who want tostudy the teaching and learning of astronomy.It provides fruitful research designs, effective data collection, as well asanalysis strategies. Giving users a grounding in the basic concepts,it thenpointsthem to sources of more detailed information. JANELLE M. BAILEY Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Arizona's Department of Teaching and TeacherEducation, where she studied undergraduates' conceptual understanding of stars and star properties. STEPHANIE J. SLATER Director of Research for the Centerfor Astronomy & Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team (University of Wyoming, USA), where her research focuses on student conceptual understanding as influenced by students' spatial reasoning abilities and cognitive load, and inquiry-based curriculum development with a particular emphasis on preparing futureteachers. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Arizona in the Department of Teaching and Teacher Education, where she studied the educational nature of undergraduate research experiences for science majors in science career pathways. TIMOTHY F. SLATER Professor at the University of Wyoming, USA,where he holds the Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair for Science Education.He is an author on nearly 100 refereed articles and eight books, is the winner of numerous awards, and is frequently an invited speaker on improving teaching of science through educational research and improving teacher education. INDICE: Foreword - Preface - How to Use this Book - Introduction: Why Doesa Scientist Need to Read a Book about (Education) Research? - Research Design: The QUESTION is the Thing - Big Ideas to Start With: What Do We Already Knowabout Teaching and Learning? - Quantitative Methods: Show Me the Numbers - Qualitative and Interpretive Methods: Revealing Understanding - Publishing: We Celebrate Galileo Because He Bothered to Write it Down - Evaluation and Action Research: Investigations with Different Purposes - Wrapping It Up: Where Do WeGo From Here? - References - Appendices - Test of Astronomy Standards (TOAST)Instrument - Attitudes Toward Science Inventory (ATSI) - Research Involving Human Subjects (IRB)

• ISBN: 978-1-4292-6409-9
• Editorial: WH Freeman
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 150
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés