Children's concepts of the earth and the sun: A cross cultural study

Klein, Carol

doi:10.1002/sce.3730660112

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“…Drawings are often used when our primary research interest is children's conceptions (e.g., Arnold, Sarge & Worall, 1995;Dove, Everett & Preece, 1999;Halldén et al, 2002;Klein, 1982;Sneider & Pulos, 1983;Vosniadou & Brewer, 1992). This tradition has recently received methodological and theoretical criticism.…”

Section: Drawings As Representations Of Children's Conceptions Introdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drawings as Representations of Children's Conceptions

Ehrlén

2008

International Journal of Science Education

121

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Section: Drawings As Representations Of Children's Conceptions Introdmentioning

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Drawings as Representations of Children's Conceptions

Ehrlén

2008

International Journal of Science Education

121

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“…Many investigators have examined students' ideas of the relationships among the moon, earth, and sun (Abell, Martini, & George, 2001;Jones, Lynch, & Reesink, 1987;Klein, 1982;Lightman & Sadler, 1993;Nussbaum, 1979Nussbaum, , 1985Schoon, 1992;Sharp, 1996;Sneider & Poulos, 1983). Understanding day and night is the first step in understanding these relationships.…”

Section: Investigations Of Students' Ideas About the Moon Earth Andmentioning

confidence: 98%

Conversations about the moon with prospective teachers in Japan

Suzuki

2003

Science Education

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ABSTRACT:As an instructor in courses for prospective teachers, I am interested in my students' ideas and ways in which they reconstruct their ideas in conversations about science. In the case study presented here, I reflect upon (a) ways in which I engaged prospective teachers in thinking together about their observations of a natural phenomenon, the changing phases of the moon, and (b) the ideas that they expressed. The case study examines ways in which prospective teachers developed understandings of the sun -earth -moon system from two perspectives: as viewed from the earth and from outside the solar system.

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“…This exposes the relationship between science education and astronomy. When studies conducted in the last thirty years are analyzed, it can be observed that the number of studies involving secondary school students (Baxter, 1989;Bisard, Aron, Francek, & Nelson, 1994;Klein, 1982;Mant & Summers, 1993;Sharp, 1996;Sneider & Pulos, 1983;Trumper, 2001aTrumper, , 2001bTrumper, , 2006bTrundle, Atwood, & Christopher, 2002;Vosniadou, 1992;Vosniadou & Brewer, 1992) is much greater than those involving college students (Kalkan & Kıroglu, 2007;Bisard et al, 1994;Trumper, 2000Trumper, , 2001cTrumper, , 2003Trumper, , 2006aZeilik, Schau, & Mattern, 1998). Pasachof & Percy (1990) tried to seek an answer to the questions "Should astronomy be taught as a separate course or as a part of other courses?"…”

Section: University Students' and Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge Of mentioning

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Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions of Specific Astronomy Concepts: A Longitudinal Investigation

Türk¹,

Şener²,

Kalkan³

2015

jsss

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The aim of this study is to determine the changes in the knowledge of pre-service Primary and Science teachers related to basic astronomy concepts occurring after four years of undergraduate study in education and the extent of and reasons for these changes. For this purpose, a "Basic Astronomy Test" involving 14 questions was administered to the pre-service Primary and Science teachers by education faculty members in the Black Sea Region of Turkey in the first (2009) determine whether achievement levels of pre-service teachers in basic astronomy concepts are related to the teaching program, year and their gender. Data analysis revealed that although the knowledge of basic astronomy topics of the students attending a program for Primary and Science teaching were the same in the first year of education, a statistically significant difference was observed in the knowledge levels of pre-service Science teachers after a four-year undergraduate education. In addition, the study also revealed that pre-service teachers had some misconceptions about basic astronomy concepts in their first year of undergraduate education. We observed a decrease in a number of these misconceptions, but others remained unchanged at the end of a four-year of education. It is recommended to include an astronomy course in the curriculum of the Primary teaching program and to increase the hours of the astronomy courses in the curriculum of the Science teaching program.

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Children's concepts of the earth and the sun: A cross cultural study

Cited by 94 publications

References 5 publications

Drawings as Representations of Children's Conceptions

Drawings as Representations of Children's Conceptions

Conversations about the moon with prospective teachers in Japan

Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions of Specific Astronomy Concepts: A Longitudinal Investigation

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