Influenced by astronomy education research, 21st Century Astronomy offers a complete pedagogical and media package that facilitates learning by doing, while the new one-column design makes the Fifth Edition the most accessible introductory text available today.
21st Century Astronomy is designed for the two-semester introductory astronomy course for non-majors. The text is designed to align with the three primary goals of this course: teaching students how to understand and apply the process of science; helping students to become critical consumers of (science) news; and reinforcing very basic quantitative literacy, albeit without requiring students to do calculations. The overall goal of the course, and this text, is to use astronomy as a tool to help students become more scientifically literate"--
Influenced by astronomy education research, 21st Century Astronomy offers a complete pedagogical and media package that facilitates learning by doing, while the new one-column design makes the Fifth Edition the most accessible introductory text available today.
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