Cross-Sectional Study of Students' Knowledge of Sizes and Distances of Astronomical Objects

Autor/inn/en	Rajpaul, Vinesh M.; Lindstrøm, Christine; Engel, Megan C.; Brendehaug, Morten; Allie, Saalih
Titel	Cross-Sectional Study of Students' Knowledge of Sizes and Distances of Astronomical Objects
Quelle	In: Physical Review Physics Education Research, 14 (2018) 2, Artikel 020108 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2469-9896
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Secondary School Science; Questionnaires; Astronomy; Knowledge Level; Scientific Literacy; Science Instruction; Outcomes of Education; Introductory Courses; Misconceptions; Scientific Concepts; Preservice Teachers; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen; Astronomie; Wissensbasis; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Einführungskurs; Missverständnis; Norwegen
Abstract	This paper reports on the results from administering a modified version of the Introductory Astronomy Questionnaire (IAQ) to middle school students and preservice science teachers in Norway. Ranking tasks formed a key part of the instrument, and we detail a new method for analyzing ranking task data. One of our main findings was that even after instruction, a significant proportion of students held erroneous views and conceptions regarding sizes, distances, and the nature of basic astronomical entities, such as stars and planets. We argue that the commonalities between some of the issues we identified and those presented in extant studies--from a variety of countries, with samples ranging from junior high school students and undergraduates to primary school teachers--may point to deeper cognitive issues inherent in, and possibly unique to, engaging with astronomy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01