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REVIEWER CHAPTER
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The Night Sky
PE$! Magnitudes & Distances, Measures & Methods
BB$, KL$! Telescopes
BB$ History
PE$! General Motion/Forces
PE$!, LLR-W$! Scales of Size, Distance, Mass, Power
KW$!, BB$ The Elements
BB$, AN-C$ Radiation, The Electromagnetic Spectrum
BB$! The Earth & Moon
BB$ Planets
BB$ Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets
BB$, KL$! The Sun
PE$! Basic Stellar Properties
AN-C$! Star Formation
PE$! Energy Generation in Stars & Stellar Evolution
PE$! Binary Star Systems
PE$! Stellar Populations and Kinematics in the Galaxy
LJ Our Galaxy: Structure, Formation & Evolution
LLR-W$! Normal Galaxies
KW$!, LJ Active Galaxies and Quasars
LLR-W$!, KW$! Cosmology, Dark Matter, Lensing
Origin and Evolution of Life Here and Elsewhere

$= received comments
!= included comments onto WWW pages

OTHERS WHO VOLUNTEERED BUT HAVEN'T CHOSEN CHAPTERS:
FH ??
CK ??

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For each question:

Are there any problems with
- spelling, typos, grammar?
- formulation and clarity of the question?
- formulation and clarity of the responses?
- accuracy of the chosen answer?
Could the question
- better address a useful concept or misconception?
- use less technical jargon?
Do the answers include
- an incorrect or insufficient response?
- throwaway choices?
- interesting alternatives that probe understanding?

Please send ASCII if possible, and highlight changes
somehow (e.g., **).

If the answer to all these is NO, then there's no need to write anything!!

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As you may know, I'm writing a book for Prentice-Hall, due in January,
called Peer Instruction for Astronomy. The book will be distributed FREE
to most intro college astro instructors across the country. Judging by
the interest shown so far, and by the Physics community's reaction to
Peer Instruction for physics (Eric Mazur), this is truly a community
project that will have high visibility and usage.

I'm looking for a colleague or two willing to review/critique some
of the ConcepTest questions that will be included in the book. See
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~pgreen/educ/ConcepTests.html
I suspect that a significant contribution would only take you 2-3 hours.
I'd need your comments by the 1st week of January for sure.
You would be prominently acknowledged.

ConcepTests are multiple choice questions which the students pose to
each other in small groups, during class. This technique is remarkably
effective at engaging students' interest and clarifying misconceptions,
if the tests are geared as much as possible to the class level. At the
same time, ConcepTests are also useful for the instructor to gauge class
understanding in realtime.

Chapters are linked to
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~pgreen/educ/concep/Contents.html

Some of these have just a dozen questions in them, others up to 40.
Some of the questions are close to standard multiple choice types,
others are more like conceptual puzzlers. THe latter are more
valuable! Beyond your comments, suggestions for other ConcepTests
are also invited.

Eventually, the WWW-based tests should include Figures, animations,
PDF versions for overhead display, and Java-based provisions for
quick class tallies, instructor feedback, and statistics
on ConcepTest usage and responses.

Let me know if you can help, and if you need the password to that last
link (for instructors only). Hey, I'm doing this practically for free...
why not you?

thanks
Paul


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