Publications
Science Education
E.L. Zirbel,
2006, Teaching to Promote Understanding and Instigate Conceptual Change,
Science Education Review, in press.
E.L.
Zirbel, 2006, Learning, Concept Formation, and Conceptual Change, to
be submitted.
E.L. Zirbel,
2006, A Different Method of Teaching
Physics Example: Gravity, NE-ASTE, in press.
E.L. Zirbel, 2006, Depth
versus Breadth, Science Education Review, Vol 5,
Num 2, page 65.
D. J. Knipp, E.
T. Patterson, J. H. Head, T. A. Summers, A. Franz, and E. L. Zirbel, 2005, Simulating the Physics of Realistic
Satellite Orbits in the Undergraduate Classroom, Physics Teacher, 43, 352.
E.L. Zirbel, 2005, Framework
for Conceptual Change, in Fraknoi, A. and Waller, W., eds., Cosmos in the Classroom - A Hands-on
Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy, San Francisco: Astronomical
Society of the Pacific.
E.L.
Zirbel, 2004, Framework for Conceptual Change, Astronomy Education
Review, http://aer.noao.edu/, Volume 3,
Issue 1.
E.L. Zirbel,
2004, Using Historical Misconceptions to
Explain Physics Concepts, NSTA winter meeting abstract.
E.L. Zirbel, Delores J.
Knipp, Evelyn Patterson, Debora
Scherrer, Charles J. Myette,
2004, Making Connections between Concepts,
Formulae, Programming, and Graphs, NARST abstract.
E.L.
Zirbel, Delores J. Knipp, Charles J. Myette, 2004, Bringing Professional Research Experiences
into the Class Room, AAPT # 128, abstract.
E.L. Zirbel,
Delores Knipp, Charles Myette, AAPT Conference, 2004,
Satellite Orbital Drag
E.L. Zirbel,
Delores J. Knipp, Charles J. Myette, 2003, Teacher Intern Experiences during a Graduate
Level Summer School, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003,
abstract #ED41D-1191
E.L. Zirbel, C. Myette, 2003, Faces
of the Sun and Cognitive Phases, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
2003, abstract #ED31B-1171
Esther L.
Zirbel, Leon P. Johnson, Shermane A. Austin, NASA OSS, 2003 A Technique to
Promote Deep Learning.
Leon P. Johnson,
Shermane A. Austin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Liu,
E.L. Zirbel,
2002, Infusing Professional Astronomy
Research into Student Laboratories ,
E.L. Zirbel, 2002, Astronomy Lab
Esther L.
Zirbel, NASA
Austin, S. A.;
Zirbel, E. L.; Johnson, L. P., 2001; Getting at the
Join: Integrating Astrophysics and Astronomy in Computer Science Coursework,
AAS Bulletin, 198, 1604
Johnson, L. P.;
Austin, S. A.; Robbins, I. K.; Zirbel, E. L.;
Tyson, N. D.; Damas, M. C.;
Steiner, J. C.; Frost, J.; Storck, B.;
Kaufman, S. E.; Greenbaum, S.; Ekejiuba, I. E., 2001, The New York City
Space Science Research Alliance Enhancing Undergraduate Education and Research:
An Educational Initiative Targetting Increased
Diversity in Space Science, 198, 1603
Johnson, L. P.;
Austin, S. A.; Robbins, I. K.; Zirbel, E. L.;
Tyson, N. D.; Damas, M. C.;
Steiner, J. C.; Frost, J.; Storck, B.;
Kaufman, S. E.; Greenbaum, S.; Ekejiuba, I. E., 2001, The New York City
Space Science Research Alliance: An Educational Initiative Targetting
Increased Diversity in Space Science, NASA Minority Conference
E.L.
Zirbel, 1998, Teaching Astronomy to
Elementary and Secondary Teachers, ASAP conference proceedings.
Astronomy
E.L. Zirbel, and
S.A. Baum, 2003, The Ultra-Violet Continuum Emission of FR‑I and FR‑II
Radio Galaxies; and a Proposal for a Unified AGN Model for FR-I sources,
Astronomical Journal, 125, p.1795-1825
E.L. Zirbel, and
E.L. Zirbel, The Megaparsec-Scale
Environments of Radio Galaxies, 1997, Astrophysical Journal v.476,
p.489-510.
E.L.
Zirbel, Host Galaxy Sizes of Powerful Radio
Sources, 1996, Astrophysical Journal v.473, p.713-732.
E.L.
Zirbel, The Properties of the Host
Galaxies of Radio Sources, 1996, Astrophysical Journal v.473, p.144-151.
S.A.
Baum, E.L. Zirbel, and C.P. O'Dea, Towards Understanding the Fanaroff-Riley Dichotomy in Radio Source Morphology and
Power", 1995, Astrophysical Journal v.451, p.88-99.
E.L. Zirbel and
S.A. Baum, Ap.J., On the FRI/FRII
Dichotomy in Powerful Radio Sources: Analysis of their Emission Line and Radio
Luminosities, 1995, Astrophysical Journal v.448, p.521-547.
J.R. Allington-Smith, R.S. Ellis, E.L. Zirbel and A. Oemler, The
Evolution of Galaxies in Radio-Selected Groups, 1993, Ap.J., 404, 521-538.
C. Leitherer, D.
Forbes, A.C. Gilmore, J. Hearnshaw, G. Klare, J. Krautter, H. Mandel, O.
Stahl, W. Strupart, B. Wolf, F.-J. Zickgraf, and
E.L. Zirbel, 1987, Photometry and
Spectroscopy of an O‑type variable HD167971, Astronomy and
Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 185, no. 1-2, Oct. 1987, p. 121-130.
C. Leitherer, D.
Forbes, A.C. Gilmore, J. Hearnshaw, G. Klare, J. Krautter, H. Mandel, A.
Reitterman, O. Stahl, W. Strupart,
B. Wolf, F.-J. Zickgraf, and E.L. Zirbel, 1986,
HD167971 - a new O type Binary, Mitteil. der Astronom. Gesellschaft,
67, 298-321.
E.L. Zirbel, A. Oemler, J.R.
E.L. Zirbel, Allinton-Smith, A. Oemler, R.S.
E.L. Zirbel,
1994, The Properties of the Host
Galaxies of Powerful Radio Sources, Abstract of poster published in the
183rd AAS Bulletin, #109.05.
E.L. Zirbel,
1993, How bright are
BO Galaxies. Abstract published in the 181st AAS Bulletin, #87.11.
E.L. Zirbel,
1992,Properties
of Radio-Selected Groups of Galaxies; A dissertation talk given at the
189th AAS meeting in
E.L. Zirbel,
J.R. Allinton-Smith, A. Oemler,
M.E. Dickinson, 1999, Morphologies of
Galaxies in Groups, The Hy-Redshift Universe:
Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift, Proceedings of a conference
held in
Allinton-Smith, E.L.
Zirbel, A.
E.L. Zirbel,
1997, The UV properties of Radio
Galaxies, The Ultraviolet Universe at Low and High Redshift
: Probing the Progress of Galaxy Evolution :
E.L. Zirbel,
1996, The Luminosity functions of groups,
in "The Hubble Space Telescope and the High Redshift Universe", 37th Herstmonceaux Conference in Cambridge, U.K., eds. N Tanvir, Alfonso-Aragon-Salamanca, J. Wall, p
223-225.
E.L. Zirbel,
1995, Groups of Galaxies. ASP Conference Series, Volume 70, Proceedings
of a Conference held at the Space Telescope Science Institute,
E.L. Zirbel,
S.A. Baum, 1995, Are FRIs and FRIIs
different? The First Stromlo Symposium: The Physics
of Active Galaxies. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 54, 1994,
G.V. Bicknell, M.A. Dopita, and P.J. Quinn, Eds., p.379-383.
E.L. Zirbel,
1994, The Evolution of Galaxies in Radio Selected Groups of
Galaxies, STScI Workshop on Quantifying Galaxy Morphologies at High
Redshifts, http://www.stsci.edu.
E.L. Zirbel,
1994, Quantitative Measurements of
Galaxy Sizes of Radio Galaxies, STScI Workshop
on Quantifying Galaxy Morphologies at
High Redshifts, http://www.stsci.edu.
E.L.
Zirbel and S.A. Baum, 1994, The Emission
Line Properties of FRI and FRII Radio Galaxies, Emission Lines Symposium, Space Telescope Science Institute,
http://www.stsci.edu.
E.L. Zirbel,
1994, The Butcher-Oemler
effect of Radio Selected Groups of Galaxies, in Clusters of Galaxies, Proceedings of the XXIXth
Rencontres de Moriond,
France, eds. F. Durret, A. Mazure,
J.Tran Thanh Van, p. 93-101.
E.L. Zirbel and
S.A. Baum, 1993, On the Emission Line
Properties of Radio Sources: Are FRIs and FRIIs different?, AGN
conference in
Conference Proceedings: Papers presented, but not included
in official Conference Proceedings.
E.L. Zirbel, ESO
Workshop on "The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift",
E.L. Zirbel,
1998, Theoretical And Observational Cosmology, Institut D'etudes Scientifiques De Cargese, Nato Advanced Study Institute
E.L. Zirbel,
1998, The Evolution Of Galaxies On Cosmological
Timescales, Puerto de la Cruz,
E.L. Zirbel,
1996, The Butcher-Oemler effect of Radio-Selected
Groups of Galaxies, Aspen Summer School.
E.L.
Zirbel, 1995, The Evolution of Galaxies
in Radio-Selected Groups, Moriond Conference on
Clusters of Galaxies,
E.L. Zirbel
1995, The Luminosity Functions of Radio-Seleced Groups, IAU Symposium 171, in
E.L. Zirbel, 1992 ,Can we use
Radio-Selected Groups to study General Galaxy Evolution? in Observational Cosmology Conference Proceedings of the
International Symposium in
E.L. Zirbel, 1992 ,Properties of
Radio Groups, Conference Proceedings of the Groups of Galaxies Workshop, Space Telescope Science Institute.
E.L. Zirbel, A. Oemler, J.R. Allington-Smith and
R.S. Ellis, 1991, Can we use Radio
Groups for Cosmological Studies? - A Poster given at the winter school on
Cosmology, Tenerife, Spain.
Electronic Materials
E.L. Zirbel,
2003, Lab Manual (available on the Web; for Yale & CSIs
students only) http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/~zirbel/laboratories/index.html
E.L. Zirbel,
2005, Lecture Material (available on the Web; for Tufts, Yale & CSIs students only) http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/~zirbel/lab-lecture.html