Adaptation and Implementation of the Harvard Astronomy-191 Labs in the Undergraduate Astronomy Laboratory at Berkeley

光学天文学实验室提供古典和现代天文学的实验。 具体的教育目标是发展对各种物理原理，统计和实验不确定性的理解。更广泛地说，目标是让学生参与实验和观察科学的探索过程，同时发展定量推理和对具体问题的深入思考。该实验室强调基于探究的学习和同伴指导，轶事证据告诉我们，这个实验室非常成功，特别是在（1）赋予妇女追求科学和技术的职业道路和（2）为所有学生提供多功能性，走上广泛的职业道路。该项目在课程中做出了重大改进，并将这些改进传递给更广泛的社区。目标包括：1）从强调现代天文学所带来的兴奋和动力中受益; 2）包括光谱学，这是目前课程中没有的; 3）利用现代教育文献来实施改进的教学技术; 4）包括正式的评估来取代轶事证据。首先，该项目正在调整哈佛大学天文学-191实验室的某些方面。几个前哈佛大学伯克利分校的研究生正在参与这一进程作为第一个研究生导师。其次，天文学教师正在与伯克利教育专业人士合作，设计更好的教学技术，并设计和使用适当的评估工具。

Astronomy (11) The Optical Astronomy Lab offers experiments in classical and modern astronomy. The specific educational goals are to develop understanding of various physical principles, statistics, and experimental uncertainty. More broadly, the goal is to involve students in the exploratory process of experimental and observational science, with the concomitant development of quantitative reasoning and deep thinking about specific problems. The lab emphasizes inquiry-based learning and peer instruction, and anecdotal evidence tells us that this Lab has been very successful, particularly in (1) empowering women to pursue career paths in science and technology and (2) providing all students with the versatility to embark on a broad range of career paths. This project makes significant improvements in the course and, additionally, transmits these to the broader community. Objectives include: 1) Benefit from the excitement and motivation afforded by increasing the emphasis on modern astronomy; 2) Include spectroscopy, which is currently absent from the course; 3) Utilize modern educational literature to implement improved instructional techniques; and 4) Include formal evaluation to replace anecdotal evidence.These objectives are being accomplished in two ways. First, the project is adapting certain aspects of the Harvard University Astronomy-191 labs. Several ex-Harvard Berkeley graduate students are participating in this process as the first Graduate Student Instructors. Second, astronomy faculty are collaborating with Berkeley education professionals, both to design even better instructional techniques and to design and use proper evaluation instruments.