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Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy [PDF]
, 2023 This open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia.
Ekers, Ronald D. +2 more
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THE ROLE OF ASTRONOMY IN ROMANIAN EDUCATION [PDF]
Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2018 Despite the interest, curiosity and the enthusiasm of the large public for Astronomy as a scientific discipline, it is absent from the current Romanian curriculum. We present here the results of two surveys that involve parents and
DANA FICUȚ-VICAȘ
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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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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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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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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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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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