[sac-forum] 12th Issue of Astronomy Education Review Published Online

Astronomy Education Review (AER), the web-based  journal/magazine about 
astronomy education and outreach,  announces the
on-line publication of its 12th issue, now complete on the  Web at 
http://aer.noao.edu  There is no  charge for  reading
or downloading the full articles in the journal.

Papers and articles in the current issue include:

Development   of  a   Concept  Inventory to Assess Students' Understanding and  
Reasoning Difficulties about the  
Properties and Formation of Stars by Janelle M. Bailey (University of Nevada, 
Las Vegas)

Regulations  and Ethical  Considerations  for  Astronomy Education  Research  
II: Resources and Worked  Examples by Erik
Brogt, Erin Dokter, Jessie Antonellis, and Sanlyn Buxner (University of Arizona)

Modeling  the Round  Earth through  Diagrams by  Shamin Padalkar  and Jayashree 
Ramadas (Homi Bhabha Centre for  Science
Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)

Project  LITE Educational   Materials and  Their  Effectiveness  as Measured   
by the  Light and  Spectroscopy Concept
Inventory  by Erin M. Bardar and  Kenneth Brecher (Boston University)

First  Results from  the Light  and Spectroscopy  Concept Inventory  by Erin  
M. Bardar (Boston University and TERC)

This I Believe  ,  No ...Understand:  The Importance  of  Banning the B-Word   
from Science by Kristine  Larsen (Central
Connecticut State University)

Common  Alternative  Astronomical Conceptions   Encountered  in Junior  
Secondary  Science Classes: Why Is  This So?  by
Lena Danaia and David H.  McKinnon (Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, 
Australia)

Instruction as a Scientific Experiment: A Professional  Development Case Study 
of a Professor Changing  the Introductory
Astronomy Course for Non-Science Majors by Erik Brogt (University of Arizona)

Astronomy Education Research Charter and Symposium Report by Aaron Price  
(Tufts University), et al.

Learning  Physical   Science  through   Astronomy Activities:   A  Comparison   
between  Constructivist and  Traditional
Approaches in  Grades 3-6  by R.  Bruce Ward,  Philip M.  Sadler, and  Irwin I. 
 Shapiro (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics)

What  To   Drop  From  A  One-Semester   Version  Of  "Astro  101"   (A  Report 
 on  a  Discussion at the  Cosmos in the
Classroom 2007 Conference)  by Bruce Partridge (Haverford College)

Teaching Scientific  Logic: Theories  and Observations  by Kelly  Cline 
(Carroll College)   ----------------------------
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When you go to the AER site, you  will see that the next issue is already  
under way. You can find the full 12th   issue
by clicking on "back issues" and  then on "vol. 6, no. 2."

AER  actively  solicits  interesting  papers  and  articles   on  all  aspects 
of astronomy space science  education and
outreach. The journal gets  between 130,000 and 270,000   hits per  month from  
 every state  of the   U.S. and  over 90
other countries.  All papers are refereed and a set of guidelines for 
contributing  to
AER are available on the web site.

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