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| =====Astro 300 (Fall 2007)==== | |
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| ====Class will be held:==== | |
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| **Date: Mondays** | |
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| **Time: 4-6pm** | |
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| **Place: 544 Campbell** | |
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| ====Basics==== | |
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| Instructors: Jeff Silverman (JSilverman@astro) and Dan Perley (dperley@astro) | |
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| [[astro300_f07:syllabus|Syllabus]] | |
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| {{astro300_f07:end_of_semester_summary.pdf|End of Semester Summary}} | |
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| ====REALLY Important Stuff==== | |
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| [[astro300_f07:articles|Articles/Website]] - Interesting astro-related news articles and websites (usually with more of an emphasis on pop-culture type stuff). | |
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| [[astro300:f07:todo|Things You Should Have Done ALREADY!!]] | |
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| An important resource for GSIs is the [[private:ebrb:home|Electronic Big Red Binder]] and, to a lesser extent, its hard copy equivalent, the Big Red Binder (located in the seventh floor library) . Reuse and modification of any and all of the materials in these resources is highly encouraged! | |
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| ==Design a Demo Projects== | |
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| *Ferah & Adam -- 10/22 final presentation (10/15 initial presentation) | |
| *Brent & Jason & Dustin -- 11/5 final presentation (10/29 initial presentation) | |
| *Josh & Suzy -- 11/19 final presentation (11/12 initial presentation) | |
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| ====Ay 300 Lesson Plans==== | |
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| [[astro300_f07:first_day_plan|Week 1 Lesson Plan (8/25)]] - Intro and first section | |
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| [[astro300_f07:second_day_plan|Week 2 Lesson Plan (9/1)]] - Section structure, group learning, and TALC | |
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| [[astro300_f07:third_day_plan|Week 3 Lesson Plan (9/8)]] - Ethics & cheating, lecturing & boardwork | |
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| [[astro300_f07:fourth_day_plan|Week 4 Lesson Plan (9/15)]] - Quizzes, homework, and demos | |
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| [[astro300_f07:fifth_day_plan|Week 5 Lesson Plan (9/22)]] - Exams, worksheets, and more demos | |
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| [[astro300_f07:sixth_day_plan|Week 6 Lesson Plan (9/29)]] - Q&A / classroom interaction, review sessions, and grading | |
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| [[astro300_f07:seventh_day_plan|Week 7 Lesson Plan (10/1)]] - Midsemester evaluations | |
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| [[astro300_f07:eighth_day_plan|Week 8 Lesson Plan (10/8)]] - Reading discussion | |
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| [[astro300_f07:ninth_day_plan|Week 9 Lesson Plan (10/15)]] - Teaching stars | |
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| [[astro300_f07:tenth_day_plan|Week 10 Lesson Plan (10/22)]] - Mock lecture activity | |
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| [[astro300_f07:eleventh_day_plan|Week 11 Lesson Plan (10/29)]] - Pedagogy: theory of teaching | |
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| [[astro300_f07:twelfth_day_plan|Week 12 Lesson Plan (11/5)]] - Teaching for advanced classes | |
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| [[astro300_f07:thirteenth_day_plan|Week 13 Lesson Plan (11/13)]] - More pedagogy, teaching cosmology | |
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| [[astro300_f07:fourteenth_day_plan|Week 14 Lesson Plan (11/19)]] - Teaching your own course (guest lecture) | |
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| [[astro300_f07:fifteenth_day_plan|Week 15 Lesson Plan (11/26)]] - Teaching portfolios (guest lecture) | |
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| [[astro300_f07:sixteenth_day_plan|Week 16 Lesson Plan (12/3)]] - Professor visit, teaching in the community | |
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| ====Ay 300 Handouts==== | |
| *[[astro300_f07:basics|GSI Basics]] - getting started as a GSI (some basic ground rules) | |
| *[[astro300_f07:assignments|Assignments]] - required assignments | |
| *[[astro300_f07:demo_project|Designing a Demo Project]] - further info on the Design a Demo assignment | |
| *[[astro300_f07:peer_visit|Peer Visitation]] - worksheet to fill out for the Peer Visitation assignment | |
| *[[astro300_f07:resources|Teaching Resources]] - quite extensive list of teaching resources | |
| *[[astro300_f07:topics|Topics & Activities]] - special topics and in-class activities that will probably be covered | |
| *{{astro300_f07:midsem_eval.ps|Mid-semester Evaluation}} - The .tex source is {{astro300_f07:midsem_eval.txt|here}}. | |
| *[[:community#teaching|Teaching in the Community]] - opportunities for teaching outside of Cal | |
| *{{astro300_f07:finaleval.pdf|Supplementary final evaluation}} - MS Word source is {{astro300_f07:finaleval.doc|here}}. | |
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| ====Ay 10 Handouts==== | |
| *[[astro300_f07:cheating|Academic Honesty and Cheating Policies]] - information regarding both the University and Department policies | |
| *[[astro300_f07:teaching_strategies|Section Teaching Strategies]] - peer learning vs. lecturing | |
| *[[astro300_f07:talc|TALC]] - information about The Astronomy Learning Center (TALC) | |
| *{{astro300_f07:tea.pdf|Teaching Effectiveness Essay}} - JonJon's winning Teaching Effectiveness Essay on TALC | |
| *[[astro300_f07:your_first_section|Your First Section]] - tips and suggestions for your very first section | |
| *[[astro300_f07:writing_homeworks|Writing Homework Assignments]] - tips and suggestions for writing good homework assignments | |
| *[[astro300_f07:writing_tests|Writing Midterms and Quizzes]] - tips and suggestions for writing good exams and quizzes | |
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| ====Samples==== | |
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| Sample syllabi and first section lesson plans can be found on [[private:ebrb:first-day_activities_and_materials|this page of the EBRB]]. | |
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| Sample mid-semester evaluations can be found on [[private:ebrb:evaluations|this page of the EBRB]]. | |
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| ====Cool Teaching Links==== | |
| *[[http://aer.noao.edu/cgi-bin/new.pl|Astronomy Education Review]] - Awesome journal like publications on astronomy education published a couple times a year; quite a few readings will be pulled from here. | |
| *[[http://grammai.org/jhoffman/teaching/disc-group.html|Teaching Discussion Group]] - Jennifer Hoffman's (former Cal postdoc) page on teaching and resources for current and future teachers. | |
| *[[http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Secondtier.html|Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education]] - Interesting essay on learning styles and how to improve teaching styles. | |
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| ===== Previous Semesters ===== | |
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| [[astro300_f06|Fall 2006]] (Holly Maness) | |
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