8/13/2019 Astro 1 & 5

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8/13/2019 Astro 1 & 5

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sur#ey results and agreed upon the interpretation o results$

Assessment Resultsa$ Descri)e the rele#ant indings according to

the criteria set )y the assessment tool

Astronomy 1:056 o students ans*ered correctly (uestions dealing *ith motions o thenight s'y- *hich sho*ed that o)ser#ational assignments and other acti#itiesare encouraging students to loo' at the s'y and grasp the motions o the starsand planets$ 506 o students had diiculty remem)ering details on planets-

)ut this could )e )ecause one o the (uestions ,dealing *ith planetary rings.*as #ery detailed$ =nderstanding stellar characteristics still ga#e somestudents diiculty ,>0506 ans*ered the (uestion *rong.- despite a great dealo class time spent on this topic$ ?he aculty is discussing using dierentacti#ities to more acti#ely engage the students on this topic$

Astronomy 5 ,la)oratory.: