A cross-college age study of science and nonscience students' conceptions of basic astronomy concepts in preservice training for high-school teachers

Ricardo Trumper

doi:10.1023/A:1009477316035

A cross-college age study of science and nonscience students' conceptions of basic astronomy concepts in preservice training for high-school teachers

Ricardo Trumper

Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science (Oranim Campus)

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Abstract

A questionnaire of 19 questions given to a total of 433 students in college preservice training for future high-school teachers showed that science and nonscience majors held a series of misconceptions on several central topics in basic astronomy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-195
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Science Education and Technology
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009477316035
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Astronomy conceptions
Cross-college age study
High-school teachers

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Education
General Engineering

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