SABER is an all-volunteer effort and we need your help. Your contribution can be as simple as helping to fill in some information in existing listings (for example Tim Slater's dissertation reference in the Diss. Abs Int.). You can send us an annotation for one of your recent articles; You can scan a recent journal and send us relevnat annotations; or, you can adopt a journal and regularly survey it for relevant astronomy education articles.

Annotations for SABER are limited to astronomy and space science educational research topics. The annotation must include the study focus and primary results of the research (note: primary results are essential!)

We are specifically looking for quantitative or qualitative research articles describing common learning difficulties and instructional issues in K-12 students, undergraduates (non-majors and majors), graduates, teachers, and the general public. We are specifically NOT pursuing descriptions of summer programs or novel teaching ideas that are not supported with quantitative or qualitative research data. This has already been cataloged comprehensively elsewhere.

If you are interested in helping out in this astronomy and space science education project:

If you are sending a single annotation
• please check the SABER database using the search engine to ensure it is not already in SABER. If not, write an annotation using the format below.

If you wish to regularly survey a journal
• please select a first and second choice from the journal volumes listed below. If there is a journal you are familiar with that is not included in the following list, but does contain astronomy education research articles, feel free to choose that journal. Once you have selected your journals of choice, email this information to Dave Bruning at david.bruning@uwp.edu. Journals will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

Annotations should follow the following format:

Author list: last name, initials and last name, initials, year.
Title in lower case, Journal Name, volume (number), starting-ending pages.
A brief, (roughly) 50-word description that describes the population studied and the general topic area and results as appropriate.

EXAMPLE
Zeilik, M., Schau, C., and Mattern, N. (1999).
"Conceptual astronomy. II. Replicating conceptual gains, probing attitude changes across three semesters," Am. J. Phys., 67 (10), 923-927.
Survey of 400 undergraduates in one-semester course shows gains in conceptual understanding. No relationship between course achievement and prior science and math courses. Small relationship between self-image and course achievement.

Mail completed annotations in text format to Dave Bruning at david.bruning@uwp.edu. OR you may use this web form. Contact Dave about other formats if you need to use another format.

JOURNALS NEEDING SURVEYORS
Primary Journals

• European Journal of Science Education
• International Journal of Science Education
• Journal of Chemical Education
• Journal of Geoscience Education (Previously titled J. of Geological Education)
Journal of Research in Science Teaching

• Physics Education
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
• Research in Science and Technological Education
• School Science and Mathematics
• Science Education

Secondary Journals

• Australian Science Teachers Journal
• Cognition & Instruction
• Cognitive Development
• Cognitive Psychology
• Cognitive Science
• Developmental Science
• EOS Transactions
• European Journal of Science Education
• Innovative Higher Education
• Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
• Journal of Science Education and Technology
• Journal of Science Teacher Education
• Learning and Instruction
• The Planetarian
• School Science Review
• Science and Education
• Science and Children
• The Science Teacher