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Islamic Astronomy of Abbasid Era (750-1258 AD)
Journal of Islamic History and Manuscript, 2022 Astronomy is a particular field in Islam related to the interests of daily Muslim worship practices, such as determining the beginning of prayer times, qibla direction, and the beginning of the Qamariyah month.
Muhammad Ilham Aziz, Ahmad Musta'id
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Development and validation of an astronomy self-efficacy instrument for understanding and doing
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022 This paper presents a new astronomy self-efficacy instrument, composed of two factors; one relating to learning astronomy content, which we call astronomy personal self-efficacy, and the other relating to the use of astronomical instrumentation ...
Rachel Freed +3 more
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Determining Pre-Service Teachers’ Astronomy-Related Self-Efficacy Belief Levels
Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2023 This study aims to reveal the astronomy-related self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers studying science education, primary school education, and social studies education programmes.
Ebru Ezberci Cevik, Oktay Bektas
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Spatial thinking in astronomy education research
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018 [This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] Multiple studies show that spatial thinking skills contribute to students’ performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
Merryn Cole +3 more
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Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2014 The TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) survey carried out in 2011 showed that Norwegian 8th graders reversed a declining trend in science achievement that had lasted almost two decades.
Trude Nilsen, Carl Angell
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Remote Sensing, 2021 The global spread of artificial light is eroding the natural night-time environment. The estimation of the pattern and rate of growth of light pollution on multi-decadal scales has nonetheless proven challenging.
Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel +4 more
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International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009): Selected Resources.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009 The article reviews web sites on general astronomy and 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) such as the following, available at http://www.astronomy2009.org, 100 Hours of Astronomy available at http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org and Dark Skies ...
Mandy Taha, Joseph R. Kraus
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Perspectives Médiévales, 2020 Entre L’Introductoire d’astronomie, première œuvre astronomique écrite en français ca 1270, et une compilation jusqu’alors inconnue des passages astronomiques de L’Image du monde, datant du premier quart du xve siècle, les traditions astronomiques latine
Pauline Lambert
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Lexicon Philosophicum, 2021 This is the first of a series of notes on the technical lexicon of Greek astronomy. Between the 5th and 4th centuries BC, in Greece, the study of the sky becomes an autonomous discipline, whose concepts and practices favour the formation of a specific ...
Luca Simeoni
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Astronomical Investigation to Verify the Calendar Theory of the Nasca Lines
Applied Sciences, 2021 As in many regions of the world, astronomy also played a major role in the ancient Peruvian cultures. However, the discussion of the astronomical relevance of the Nasca geoglyphs is very controversial.
Christiane Richter +2 more
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