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Product Description: Written for scientists who want to learn more about how science education research is done and how to get started in discipline-based education research, this book provides an introduction to the philosophical and practical differences between more familiar traditional scientific research and the more unfamiliar domain of sociological research...read more

Product Description: Conducting Astronomy Education Research: A PrimerAmong all scientists, astronomers are some of the most highly trained observers and data analysts.  Now, as international attention is being focused on how we as a society go about educate our youth in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering domains, many astronomers are turning their skills toward understanding the teaching and learning of astronomy, and science in general...read more