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Astronomy Education Review Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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Journal Has Readers in 98 Countries


Astronomy Education Review (AER), the on-line journal/magazine
about astronomy education and outreach, published by the
American Astronomical Society, celebrates its 10th
anniversary of publication this fall.  The first paper in the journal,
founded by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College) and Sidney
Wolff (NOAO), came on line in October 2001. After being
published by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories,
with support from NASA and other organizations, AER
became a publication of the American Astronomical Society, the
U.S. professional organization of astronomers, in 2009. 
It can be read at the web address: http://aer.aas.org .
Wolff retired at that time, but Fraknoi continues to assist the 
editor-in-chief, Thomas Hockey, of the University of Northern
Iowa. 

The journal now publishes the overwhelming majority of research
papers about astronomy education, by authors from around the
world.  It also features shorter pieces on innovative techniques
and materials, resource guides and reviews, dissertation abstracts,
op-ed pieces, letters and announcements.  So far, AER is free to
both authors and readers; its contents can be printed out or
saved to various databases without charge.  In the first 8 months of
2011, the journal had readers in 98 countries and had 14,000 unique
visitors to its site.  All contributions (except announcements) are
peer-reviewed. 

Among the papers and articles published in the journal recently are:

* A National Study Assessing the Teaching and Learning of Introductory 
        Astronomy: The Connection between Student Demographics and Learning
* Learning about the Seasons: A Guide for Teachers and Curriculum Developers
* Eratosthenes 2009/2010: An Old Experiment in Modern Times
* Seven Concepts for Effective Astronomy Teaching
* What It Would Take to Increase the Number of High School Astronomy Courses: 
        A Survey of Principals and a Comparison to Astronomy Teachers, 
        and a Prescription for Change
* Covering the Standards: Astronomy Teachers‚ Preparation and Beliefs
* Astrology Beliefs among Undergraduate Students 
* Do Concept Inventories Actually Measure Anything?
* Enhancing Student Performance in an Online Introductory Astronomy Course 
        with Video Demonstrations 
* Galaxy Zoo: Exploring the Motivations of Citizen Science Volunteers 

For the future, a new goal for the journal is to increase the 
number of papers on research in education and outreach outside 
the formal classroom.  Another is to find additional ways to make 
AER's pages a community where everyone -- education researchers 
and education practitioners, beginners and veterans -- can find a 
common meeting ground.

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