Analysis of Upper Secondary School Students' Understanding of the Celestial Sphere

Celestial Globe Use in Science Classes: Evaluating Transparent Celestial Globes Used with Wearable Cameras, Celestial Globe Education Practice, and Points for Teacher Education and Science Classes

“…on results of participants' assessment Prior research revealed that, despite having studied them in lower secondary school, 31.4% of first grade students in upper secondary school do not recognize the term "celestial sphere." Even if they do recognize it, none of the students understand it correctly in a scientific manner (Matsumori & Sasaki, 2009). Results of Survey 1 revealed a comparable current situation.…”