Research and Teaching: Conceptual Change in Introductory-Level Astronomy Courses

by: Roger Sauterer

As part of a project to transform an introductory astronomy course (Bisard and Zeilik, 1998), the authors developed, validated, and presented a set of multiple-choice questions to hundreds of students at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Central Michigan University (CMU) over one semester to identify and track student misconceptions and how they change.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2000Stock # jcst00_029_04_229Volume 029Issue 04

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