Introducing the anatomy of disciplinary discernment: an example from astronomy

U Eriksson, C Linder, J Airey, A Redfors - arxiv preprint arxiv:1703.00269, 2017‏ - arxiv.org
Education is increasingly being framed by a competence mindset; the value of knowledge
lies much more in competence performativity and innovation than in simply knowing …

Who needs 3D when the Universe is flat?

U Eriksson, C Linder, J Airey, A Redfors - Science Education, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
An overlooked feature in astronomy education is the need for students to learn to extrapolate
three‐dimensionality and the challenges that this may involve. Discerning critical features in …

Development and validation of the star properties concept inventory

JM Bailey, B Johnson, EE Prather… - International Journal of …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
Concept inventories (CIs)—typically multiple-choice instruments that focus on a single or
small subset of closely related topics—have been used in science education for more than a …

Cross-age study on secondary school students' views of stars

P Bitzenbauer, S Navarrete, F Hennig, MS Ubben… - Physical Review Physics …, 2023‏ - APS
Research in astronomy education has uncovered that many learners possess limited and
fragmented understanding of stars. The corresponding misconceptions manifest in various …

[PDF][PDF] Astronomy education research: Developmental history of the field and summary of the literature

JM Bailey - … paper for the National Research Council …, 2011‏ - sites.nationalacademies.org
Although astronomy topics have been included in K-12 education research for decades,
astronomy education research as a field of discipline-based education research is relatively …

Development of a learning progression for the formation of the solar system

JD Plummer, C Palma, A Flarend… - … Journal of Science …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
This study describes the process of defining a hypothetical learning progression (LP) for
astronomy around the big idea of Solar System formation. At the most sophisticated level …

[PDF][PDF] A multi-institutional investigation of students' preinstructional ideas about cosmology

JM Bailey, K Coble, G Cochran, D Larrieu… - Astronomy Education …, 2012‏ - researchgate.net
In order to improve instruction in introductory astronomy, we are investigating students'
preinstructional ideas about a number of cosmology topics. This article describes one aspect …

Is the universe infinite? Characterising a hierarchy of reasoning in student conceptions of cosmology concepts using open-ended surveys

S Salimpour, R Tytler, MT Fitzgerald… - Journal for STEM …, 2023‏ - Springer
Cosmology presents students with ideas that stimulate their curiosity and brings together
various concepts from STEM that call on a variety of reasoning types across multiple …

Stargazing live! Inspiring with real data in a mobile planetarium and learning through conceptual modelling

B Bredeweg, M Kragten, J Holt, D Vaendel… - … on Intelligent Tutoring …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract We present the Stargazing Live! program comprising a planetarium experience and
supporting lesson activities for pre-university physics education. The mobile planetarium …

Young children's ideas about astronomy

MA Callanan, TA Shirefley… - … of Astronomy & …, 2019‏ - journals.modernsciences.org
Young children express interest and understanding about science topics through everyday
conversations with parents. Little is known about how much interest preschool-aged children …