A HANDFUL OF REFERENCES
for Peer Instruction and ConcepTests

• Peer Instruction for Astronomy HomePage
  and Astronomy ConcepTest Database

• Eric Mazur's Physics Peer Instruction HomePage
  and its implementation

• Implementation at Eastern Michigan University
(EMU)
• ConcepTests for Chemistry and Implementation at Wisconsin

• The Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT)

  and classroom assessment at the College Level 1 site.

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  PUBLICATIONS:

  • Beckman, M., "Collaborative Learning: Preparation for the Workplace and Democracy?" College Teaching, Fall 1990, pp. 128-133.

  • Hake, R. 1998, ``Interactive-engagement vs traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses," Am. J. Phys., 66, 64. See also Richard Hake's web site at Indiana U.

  • P. M. Sadler 1992, ``The initial knowledge state of high school astronomy students'', Dissertation, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

  • P. M. Sadler 1998, "Psychometric Models of Student Conceptions in Science" Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35(3), 265

  • Zeilik, M. et al. 1997, ``Conceptual Astronomy: A novel model for teaching postsecondary science courses'', Am. J. Phys., 65, 987