Students’ Development of Astronomy Concepts across Time

Plummer, Julia D.

doi:10.3847/aer2008013

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“…Similar to earlier studies [14,15,17,18] , the results ofthe pilot test reveal that the test items on the apparent motion of the Sun are in general answered better than items on the apparent motion of stars. While prior studies [3,9,37,[55][56][57] about apparent celestial motions are mostly limited to the Sun or the Moon and in few cases to certain elements ofthe Sun's path and startrail (e.g., culmination height), the AM:oSS test allows to examine in more detail and more systematically which elements of the apparent motion of Sun and stars students really understand.…”

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Design and validation of an instrument to test students’ understanding of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars

Bekaert

Winckel

Dooren

et al. 2020

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.

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YOllllg children, students, and adults may have altemative ideas about the motion ofthe Sllll and stars as we observe them in the sky. However, a good llllderstanding ofthis apparent motion is essential as a starting point to study more advanced astronomical concepts, especially when these include astronomical observations. In this paper, we describe the development and validation of the apparent motion of Sllll and stars (AMoSS) test, which can measure to what extent students have insight into the apparent motion of the Sun and stars. We propose a framework that allows one to compare students' understanding of the specific aspects of these apparent motions in relation to the time of the day, time of the year, and the observer's latitude. For each of these aspects, we designed test items for both the Sllll and the symmetric apparent motion aspect of the stars. The reliability and validity of the test are established by analyzing answers of both secondary school and university students and by presenting the questions to a panel of experts. We report on the design and validation process and present the fmal version of the test.

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confidence: 81%

Design and validation of an instrument to test students’ understanding of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars

Bekaert

Winckel

Dooren

et al. 2020

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.

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“…In general, in the literature, it is possible to come across numerous studies related to science and space concepts. Although the majority of these studies are related to misconceptions, it is possible to come across success, opinions or ideas (Arıkurt, Durukan and Şahin, 2015; Babaoğlu and Keleş, 2018; Bektaşlı, 2013; Plummer, 2008;Trumper, 2006;Türk and Kalkan, 2018). The difference between this study and other studies in question is seen as an irony; do spaces researches affect technological developments or do technological developments affect space research?…”

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confidence: 76%

Investigation of the Knowledge and Views of Seventh Graders on the Relationship between Space Research and Technological Developments

Gülen¹

2019

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the views of seventh grade students on the relationship between space research and technological developments. The mixed method was used in the research. The true-false test was used to collect quantitative data. Qualitative data were collected through a fully structured interview form. Homogeneous samples were used in the study involving 134 participants. The research was conducted with 7th grade students in a public school in the Eastern Anatolia Region during the 2018-2019 academic years. Data were analyzed with the help of Microsoft Excel programs. Descriptive and content analysis and a technique such as frequency and percentage were used. With the interpretation of the findings, it was found that seventh grade students had very good knowledge about space research and technological developments. Students argue that space research has an impact on technological developments; technological research also has an impact on space exploration. Suggestions are presented in line with the results obtained.

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“…Moreover, it was determined that students had different misconceptions about the Earth, night-day, season, planet, star, the Sun, the Moon, space and gravity [70,71,72,73,74,75,76] and these misconceptions continued till the higher education and they were not corrected [65,77]. Within this framework, the results of the research study reveal that there might be further problems for having students gain enough knowledge and skills about space and astronomy subjects and astronomy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Time Management Problem in Science Course in Secondary School 5<sup>th</sup> - 8<sup>th</sup> Grades in Turkey: Units Emphasized Less and the Reasons

Bozdoğan¹

2016

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This study is carried out to reveal which units teachers who encounter problems about falling behind the science course curriculum in secondary school in the 5 th grade through the 8 th grade prefer to focus on less and the reasons for their preferences. Survey model was used in the research study. Total 302 science teachers from 28 different cities in Turkey participated in the study carried out in 2015-2016 academic year. The research data were gathered via questionnaire form developed by the researcher. The results of the study revealed that nearly two-thirds of the science teachers spent less time teaching the units related to the "Earth and Universe" subject area to catch up on the curriculum in case of holidays, meetings, and exams held apart from the planned schedule. The units including ecology subjects within the subject area of Living Things and Life follow it. When the units are examined considering the grades, "Natural Processes" unit, the last unit of the 8 th grade, ranked first. The reasons why science teachers put less emphasis on these units is the place/order of the units in curriculum, timetable of the centralized exam held in the country and timetable of the last written exams in schools, distribution of questions in the centralized exam, the number of gains from the unit and content, and the students' pace in understanding the subject.

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Students’ Development of Astronomy Concepts across Time

Cited by 14 publications

References 89 publications

Design and validation of an instrument to test students’ understanding of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars

Design and validation of an instrument to test students’ understanding of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars

Investigation of the Knowledge and Views of Seventh Graders on the Relationship between Space Research and Technological Developments

Time Management Problem in Science Course in Secondary School 5<sup>th</sup> - 8<sup>th</sup> Grades in Turkey: Units Emphasized Less and the Reasons

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