University students' conceptions of basic astronomy concepts

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    Abstract

    A questionnaire of 19 questions given to 76 students entering an ‘Introduction to astronomy' course at university showed that the students held a series of misconceptions on several central topics in basic astronomy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9-15
    Number of pages7
    JournalPhysics Education
    Volume35
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2000

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Physics and Astronomy (all)

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