2001
DOI: 10.1119/1.1407134
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Who's taking ASTRO 101?

Abstract: Results from a sample of 3800 students taking the Astronomy Diagnostic Test Version 2.0 during 2001 have been used to create a profile of nonscience majors taking introductory astronomy at undergraduate institutions across the United States.

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“…In addition, the ADT includes 12 demographic questions. Deming and Hufnagel (2001) constructed a database that contains more than 5,000 students' pretest scores and over 3,500 students' posttest scores on the ADT version 2.0. In addition, a vast array of instructor-reported information about the courses is available in the database.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, the ADT includes 12 demographic questions. Deming and Hufnagel (2001) constructed a database that contains more than 5,000 students' pretest scores and over 3,500 students' posttest scores on the ADT version 2.0. In addition, a vast array of instructor-reported information about the courses is available in the database.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There was one physics major, and a total of four (11%) of the students from STEM majors. This compares with the national trends for student taking introductory astronomy; nationally 15% of student in introductory astronomy classes are majoring in STEM fields, while about 20% of them major in business [10].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…In sharp contrast, there are fewer than 200 students graduating with a major in astronomy each year [9]. Not only are most of the students in introductory astronomy classes not majoring in astronomy, typically only about 15% of them are majoring in STEM fields [10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Figure 3 illustrates a single transit of a 1-Earth radius planet across an M-dwarf, observed by Spitzer at 8 ^m. We simulated this case by rescaling a real case: Spitzer's recent photometry of GJ436b (Deming et al [22], Gillon et al [23]). Spitzer's nearly photon-limited precision detects this Earth-sized planet to 7(7 significance in a single transit.…”
Section: Spitzer Vs Ground-based Photometrymentioning
confidence: 99%