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| | ======Astro 300 (Fall 2008)====== |
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| | Class is held: **Mondays, 5-7pm, 501 Campbell** |
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| | Instructors: Jeffrey Silverman (''JSilverman@astro'') and Peter Williams (''pwilliams@astro'') |
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| | Advising Professor: James Graham (''jgraham@astro'') |
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| | **You should make sure to read the [[astro300_f08:syllabus]].** |
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| | ===== Frequently Updated Pages ===== |
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| | * [[astro300_f08:Assignments]] |
| | * [[astro300_f08:AER Article assignment]] |
| | * [[astro300_f08:Peer Visitation assignment]] |
| | * [[astro300_f08:articles|Astronomy in the News]] |
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| | =====Course Calendar===== |
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| | <del>The calendar on a standalone page can be retrieved [[http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=1a8hl9drrcg43a9aaeidqu2nc8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles|here]]. |
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| | The calendar is now dead. |
| | =====Other Important Stuff===== |
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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 in Campbell) . Reuse and modification of any and all of the materials in these resources is highly encouraged! So is contribution back to the EBRB of your improved materials! |
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| | [[astro300_f08:articles|Astronomy in the News]] - A list of interesting astro-related news articles and websites (usually with more of an emphasis on pop-culture type stuff). Everyone in the class should update this on occasion. |
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| | An after-action [[astro300_f08:summary]] of what went down in this edition of the class. |
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| | =====Ay 300 Lesson Plans===== |
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| | ^ Class Number ^ Date ^ Topics ^ |
| | |[[astro300_f08:first_day_plan|Class 1]] | 8/24 | Intro / administrivia / course goals; teaching at Berkeley and the role of section; section structures; lecturing & boardwork | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:second_day_plan|Class 2]] | 8/25 | Group / peer learning; planning sections; your first section; TALC; worksheets (if there's time) | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:third_day_plan|Class 3]] | 9/3 | Worksheets; ethics & cheating; Q&A / classroom interaction | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:fourth_day_plan|Class 4]] | 9/8 | Continue classroom interaction / roleplaying; mock lecture activity; demos; homework assignments | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:fifth_day_plan|Class 5]] | 9/15 | Continue mock lecture activity; quizzes; grading; more on demos | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:sixth_day_plan|Class 6]] | 9/22 | Finish mock lecture activity; exams; Design-A-Demo initial presentations | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:seventh_day_plan|Class 7]] | 9/29 | Review sessions; mock rev. session activity; finish Design-A-Demo initial presentations | |
| | |X | 10/6 | //Class canceled for C10 midterm grading// | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:eighth_day_plan|Class 8]] | 10/13 | Midsemester evaluations; continue mock rev. session activity; Design-A-Demo final presentations | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:ninth_day_plan|Class 9]] | 10/20 | Briefly mention teaching for advanced classes; finish mock rev. session activity; finish Design-A-Demo final presentations; planning a course unit: teaching stars | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:tenth_day_plan|Class 10]] | 10/27 | Discuss midsemester evaluation results; check teaching logs; lay out section videotaping and AER report assignments | |
| | |X | 11/3 | //Class canceled for C10 midterm grading// | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:eleventh_day_plan|Class 11]] | 11/10 | Continue midsemester evaluation results; begin AER reports; experts vs. novices | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:twelfth_day_plan|Class 12]] | 11/17 | Alex visit (5pm); continue AER reports; assign Peer Visit project | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:thirteenth_day_plan|Class 13]] | 11/24 | Geoff visit (5:30pm -- C12 and Ay 7A); teaching for advanced classes; compare & contrast profs' teaching styles; discuss videotaped sections; discuss TALC viewings; continue AER reports | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:fourteenth_day_plan|Class 14]] | 12/1 | Briefly discuss teaching cosmology; teaching in the community; discuss Peer Visits; finish AER reports | |
| | |[[astro300_f08:fifteenth_day_plan|Class 15]] | 12/8 | Teaching your own course (guest lecture) - summer Ay 10 and others; teaching portfolios / philosophy (guest lecture) | |
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| | =====Handouts===== |
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| | ==== Ay 300-specific and general pedagogy ===== |
| | * [[astro300_f08:syllabus|Syllabus]] - outline of the course |
| | * [[astro300_f08:basics|GSI Basics]] - getting started as a GSI (some basic ground rules) |
| | * [[astro300_f08:assignments|Assignments]] - required weekly assignments |
| | * [[astro300_f08:demo_project|Designing a Demo Project]] - further info on the Design a Demo assignment |
| | * [[astro300_f08:AER Article assignment]] - description and organizational info for AER article presentation |
| | * [[astro300_f08:Peer Visitation assignment]] - worksheet to fill out for the Peer Visitation assignment |
| | * [[astro300_f08:resources|Teaching Resources]] - quite extensive list of teaching resources |
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| | * {{astro300_f08:midsem_eval.pdf|Mid-semester Evaluation}}. The .tex source is {{astro300_f08:midsem_eval.txt|here}}. |
| | * [[astro300_f08:writing evals|Mid-Semester Evaluations]] - how and why to write them |
| | * [[:community#teaching|Teaching in the Community]] - opportunities for teaching outside of Cal ({{astro300_f08:community_teaching.pdf|handout}} and {{astro300_f08:community_teaching.txt|TeX source}}) |
| | * {{:astro300_f08:final_eval.pdf|Supplementary Final Evaluation}} - for improving this class next year. LaTeX source {{:astro300_f08:final_eval.txt|here}}. |
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| | ==== Ay 10 (and 7)-specific ==== |
| | * [[astro300_f08:your_first_section|Your First Section]] - tips and suggestions for your very first section |
| | * [[astro300_f08:talc|TALC]] - information about The Astronomy Learning Center (TALC) |
| | * {{astro300_f08:tea.pdf|Teaching Effectiveness Essay}} - JohnJohn's winning Teaching Effectiveness Essay on TALC |
| | * [[astro300_f08:cheating|Academic Honesty and Cheating Policies]] - information regarding both the University and Department policies |
| | * [[astro300_f08:writing_homeworks|Writing Homework Assignments]] - tips and suggestions for writing good homework assignments |
| | * [[astro300_f08:writing_tests|Writing Quizzes and Exams]] - tips and suggestions for writing good quizzes and exams |
| | * [[astro300_f08:grading|Grading Student Work]] - guidelines and suggestions about grading homeworks, quizzes, and exams as well as calculating grades for discussion section and overall course grades |
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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 e-journal on astronomy education published a couple times a year; quite a few readings will be pulled from here. |
| | *[[http://astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA's Center for Astronomy Education]] - NASA's portal for the teaching of introductory astronomy to nonscientists. Lots of stuff, updated frequently. |
| | *[[http://grammai.org/jhoffman/teaching/disc-group.html|Teaching Discussion Group]] - A page by Jennifer Hoffman (a former Berkeley Astro postdoc) on teaching with 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. |
| | *[[http://gsi.berkeley.edu/awards/tea_index.html|Berkeley TEA Essays]] - UC Berkeley gives Teaching Effectiveness Awards yearly to GSIs who have implemented new teaching techniques in their classrooms. This page links to essays by the GSIs describing their innovations. |
| | *[[http://www.physics.umaine.edu/ncomins/miscon.htm|Heavenly Errors]] - A list of >1700 astronomy misconceptions compiled by Neal F. Comins at the University of Maine. |
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| | =====GSI Assignments===== |
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| | == C10 (Filippenko/Shiode) == |
| | - //Matt George// |
| | - //Aaron Lee// |
| | - //Mike McCourt// |
| | - //Yookyung Noh// |
| | - //Andrew Siemion// |
| | - //Vince Viscomi// |
| | - //Jonathan Pober// |
| | - //Sarah Newman// |
| | - //Danica Roth// |
| | - //Don Pan// |
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| | == Ay 10 (Stahler/Converse) == |
| | - //Adam Morgan// |
| | - //Chris Klein// |
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| | == Ay 7A (Marcy/Miller) == |
| | - //Chat Hull// |
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| | //Number of hits: 61023// |
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| | ===== Previous Semesters ===== |
| | *[[astro300_f07|Fall 2007]] (Jeffrey Silverman and Daniel Perley) |
| | *[[astro300_f06|Fall 2006]] (Holly Maness) |
