Session 86. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy I

Joint Display, Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

86.01 Strategies for Teaching Astronomy

J. Bennett (U. Colorado)

86.02 Comparative Study of Two Styles of Remote Lecture for a General Education Course of Natural History

S. Miyaji (Chiba University)

86.03 Astronomy Instruction at a Two-year Technical College

C. J. Sirola (Tri-County Technical College)

86.04 Clarifying Misconceptions in College Astronomy Classes using Concept Maps

G. S. Burks, M. Alvarez (Tennessee State Univ.)

86.05 Teaching Evolutionary Processes to Skeptical Students

M. Bobrowsky (Challenger Center for Space Science Education and University of Maryland University College)

86.06 Kinesthetic Astronomy for At-Risk Students

C.A. Morrow, M.J. Zawaski (Space Science Institute)

86.07 Peer Instruction for Astronomy

P. J. Green (SAO), W. A. Morgan, Jr. (Dickinson College)

86.08 Teaching Planetary Science: Beyond ``March of the Planets"

N.M. Schneider (LASP, U. Colorado)

86.09 Collaborative Learning Works! Resources for Faculty

G.A. Brissenden (AAS), R.D. Mathieu (University of Wisconsin - Madison), National Institute for Science Education, College Level - One Team

86.10 Better Learning Through Technology

R.D. Mathieu (University of Wisconsin - Madison), National Institute for Science Education, College Level - One Team

86.11 THE FLAG: A Web Resource of Innovative Assessment Tools for Faculty in College Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

M. Zeilik (University of New Mexico), R.D. Mathieu (University of Wisconsin - Madison), National Institute for Science Education, College Level - One Team

86.12 Amazing Space: Catch the Wave

B. Teays, B. Eisenhamer, J. Eisenhamer (STScI)

86.13 Planetary Science and Spacecraft Analogs in the Classroom

S. J. Edberg, S. L. McConnell (Cassini Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

86.14 The Computational Science Education Reference Desk: A tool for increasing inquiry based learning in the science classroom

D. A. Joiner (Shodor Education Foundation), D. E. Stevenson (Clemson University), R. M. Panoff (Shodor Education Foundation)

86.15 Space Grant and Astronomy Education: The State of Washington's Story

J. Lutz (University of Washington)

86.16 More Than Your Eyes Can See: SIRTF's Public Education Program

M. L. Thaller, M. D. Bicay, D. Daou (SIRTF Science Center)

86.17 A Science Teacher's Workshop: ``What Do Astronomers Do?"

E. L. Gates, A. Misch, R. P. S. Stone (UCO/Lick Observatory)

86.18 Web-Based Mentoring Connecting Middle School Girls with Women Astronomers

C. Wood (CfA, TERC), B. Drayton, J. Falk (TERC)

86.19 The Astronomy Diagnostic Test: Past, Present and Future

G. L. Deming (Univ. of MD), B. R. Hufnagel (Anne Arundel Comm. College)

86.20 Starstuff.org - an astro-ph for the public.

J. Hamm (starstuff.org), D.A. Howell (LBL, starstuff.org), D. Smith (University of Texas)

86.21 The Multiwavelength Milky Way Project

B. A. Brown (NRC,NASA/GSFC), D. Leisawitz (NASA/GSFC), P. T. Boyd (UMBC,NASA/GSFC), S. W. Digel (USRA,NASA/GSFC), J. Friedlander (RITSS,NASA/GSFC), R. L. Kessel (NASA/GSFC), A. P. Smale (USRA,NASA/GSFC)

86.22 Life after Introductory Astronomy

B. McNamara (NMSU), S. Hameed (NMSU)