Educational research in an introductory astronomy course

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-280

  Hemenway, Mary Kay ^a,b,c   Straits, William J ^f   Wilke, R Russell ^d   Hufnagel, Beth ^e  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Astronomical Society of the Pacific   (United States)

^d ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hospice of Ann Arundel   (United States)

^f University of Texas at Austin ^*

Author keywords

Astronomy activities; Content survey; Student course evaluations; Undergraduate astronomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649171335     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015881030221     Document Type: Article

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