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Astronomy Education Research Down Under [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 2005 There are many problems associated with the teaching and learning of astronomy that require further investigation (Taylor k, Barker 2000). Students’ difficulties with visualization, mental modeling and conceptual restructuring have been reported by a number of researchers. Aspects of these important areas of research are examined in the paper. However,
Broadfoot, John, Ginns, Ian
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Astronomy: Social representations of students of integrated high school [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 The contents related to Astronomy studied in basic education in Brazil are not always adequately worked, as their exposure in the media is often full of sensationalism, however, it is in this environment that students form their opinions about this ...
Voelzke Marcos Rincon +1 more
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Astronomy in the City for Astronomy Education [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015 AbstractAstronomy is part of our culture. Astronomy cannot be isolated in a classroom, it has to be integrated in the normal life of teachers and students. “Astronomy in the city” is an important part of NASE (Network for Astronomy School Education) (Ros & Hemenway 2012). In each NASE course we introduce a “working group session” chaired by a local
Rosa M. Ros, Beatriz Garc
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Astrobites as a Community-led Model for Education, Science Communication, and Accessibility in Astrophysics [PDF]
, 2019 Support for early career astronomers who are just beginning to explore astronomy research is imperative to increase retention of diverse practitioners in the field.
Bridge, Joanna S. +25 more
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Predicting community college astronomy performance through logistic regression
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023 The present study examined demographic and academic predictors of astronomy performance among a cohort of N=1909 community college students enrolled in astronomy courses in a large suburban community college during a four-year time frame, 2015–2019.
Zachary Richards, Angela M. Kelly
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ACTIVITIES DESIGN OF MOVEMENTS AND PHASES OF THE MOON: SPATIAL SKILL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Istraživanja u Pedagogiji, 2022 The aim of this study is to examine the effects of activities developed on the subject of Moon Movements and Phases on the spatial skills and academic achievement of 5th-grade students. For this purpose, a mixed research method was used.
Merve Taşcan, İbrahim Ünal
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Astronomy and mathematics education [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 2005 Astronomy has an interdisciplinary aspect that in some cases is very positive. It is interesting to combine Astronomy with other topics and introduce Astronomy in general projects in school in order to integrate several courses, for instance Physics, Mathematics, Geography, Biology or History; however these kinds of projects are sporadic.
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Eight years after IYA2009: a successful project of Outreach and Astronomy Education on selected countryside towns in Mexico [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 We present the main results of a multidisciplinary project on education and outreach in Guanajuato (Mexico). This collaboration was initiated in the International Year of Astronomy (IYA09, IAU-UNESCO, 2009) and is led by a team including astronomers ...
Bravo-Alfaro Hector +6 more
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Distance/Internet Astronomy Education [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 2005 This paper briefly reports two major programs being operated by Charles Sturt University, Bathurst: the Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted and talented senior high school students and the CSU Remote Telescope Project for upper-elementary and lower secondary school students.
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Crowdfunding Astronomy Research with Google Sky [PDF]
, 2015 For nearly four years, NASA's Kepler space telescope searched for planets like Earth around more than 150,000 stars similar to the Sun. In 2008 with in-kind support from several technology companies, our non-profit organization established the Pale Blue ...
Metcalfe, Travis S.
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