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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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Astronomy Education in the East [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 1998 In the IAU, there is the Commission 46 “Teaching of Astronomy” to which at least one representative from each member country belongs. At an occasion of the Asian-Pacific regional meeting of the IAU held in Beijing in 1987, there was a resolution to set up a committee of Teaching of Astronomy in the Asian-Pacific region.
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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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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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Astronomy in the system of university education [PDF]
Astronomical School’s Report, 2001 Three aspects of astronomical university education are considered: such as preparation of astronomers-professionals, teaching astronomy as a part of scientific and professional specialists preparation, teaching astronomy as an element of cultural university education.
V. A. Zakhozhay, Yu. V. Aleksandrov
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Regulations and Ethical Considerations for Astronomy Education Research II: Resources and Worked Examples [PDF]
, 2008 This article discusses the legal and ethical requirements of human subjects research proposals in astronomy education research. We present an overview of the relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines that inform an Institutional Review Board ...
Antonellis, J. +3 more
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Discovering New Variable Stars at Key Stage 3 [PDF]
, 2017 Details of the London pilot of the `Discovery Project' are presented, where university-based astronomers were given the chance to pass on some real and applied knowledge of astronomy to a group of selected secondary school pupils.
Chubb, Katy +4 more
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Challenges in Astronomy Education [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2009 AbstractAstronomy is an attractive subject for education. It deals with fascination of the unknown and the unreachable, yet is uses tools, concepts and insights from various fundamental sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology. Because of this it can be well used for introducing sciences to young people and to raise their interest in ...
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Astronomy Education in Covid Times [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2019 AbstractWe shall describe the various activities done by us in Covid Times including outreach and educational workshops in Physics and Astronomy. We shall discuss the caveats in virtual teaching of Astronomy and the lessons learnt in the process.
Priya Hasan, S N Hasan
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ASTRONOMICAL EDUCATION IN THE NICHOLAS COPERNICUS OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM IN BRNO
Odessa Astronomical Publications, 2007 The astronomy can be an ideal vehicle for extending the informal education. The planetariums can be the appropriate choice for an extended education. The science of astronomy has a great advantage over other disciplines and all those attributes can be ...
S. Ledvinka, J. Pisala
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