astronomy

Regan Gurung

Regan Gurung is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Regan Gurung rather than just read about it. In short: Regan A. R.

Key takeaways

Regan Gurung belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Regan Gurung to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Regan Gurung from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Regan A. R. Gurung (born August 1969) is an American-Indian psychologist, professor, and author. Gurung has served as president of Psi Chi, a founding co-editor of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology published by the American Psychological Association, and co-chair of the APA's Introductory Psychology Initiative. He has received numerous awards and honors for his contribution to social and pedagogical psychology. Gurung serves as a professor at Oregon State University.

Background Gurung was born in Bombay, India. He moved to the United States at an early age. At the origin of his educational itinerary, Gurung attended and received his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1991 at the liberal arts-based Carleton College in Minnesota. He later earned his Master's and PhD in social and personality psychology from the University of Washington in Seattle during the mid-1990s. Since completing his doctoral studies, he assumed the role of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health at UCLA in 1996. During the early 2000s, Gurung worked as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, ultimately becoming the chair at the university's Department of Psychology and later the associate dean of the Liberal Arts & Sciences. As of 2019, he currently serves as a professor of psychology, associate vice provost and the executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the psychology program at Oregon State University. He is also the founding co-editor of the APA's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology journal.

Career Since his tenure began amid teaching at numerous American universities, Gurung has authored and released more than 120 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored 15 books, and amassed mass media attention. He has also been the subject of several honors and awards by the leading initiatives and organizational bodies in the social sciences. Gurung also appeared in a TEDx Talk.

Honors President of the International Honor Society Psi Chi (2018) American Psychological Association Teacher Spotlight (2017) Co-chairman of APA's General Psychology Initiative Wisconsin Professor of the Year (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Fellow of the American Psychological Association Fellow at the Association for Psychological Science

Awards SAGE Textbook Excellence Award (2022) Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Career in Teaching Psychology (2017) Distinguished Achievement Award, Carleton College Alumni Association (2016) Regent's Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin (2011) UWGB Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Books

References

External links Official website Regan Gurung publications indexed by Google Scholar Wisconsin Public Radio

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Regan Gurung

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Regan Gurung claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Regan Gurung before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Regan Gurung ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Regan Gurung

In research: Regan Gurung appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Regan Gurung in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Regan Gurung is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1969 births, 20th-century American psychologists, 21st-century American psychologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Regan Gurung outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Regan Gurung in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Regan Gurung means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Regan Gurung in simple terms?

Regan A. R.

Why does Regan Gurung matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Regan Gurung?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Regan Gurung.