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Pelin Ertekin; Mustafa Serdar Köksal – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship among sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade gifted students' spatial reasoning skills, conceptual understanding of basic astronomy topics, and science achievement. To achieve this, the study was designed as a multi-factor predictive correlational study. The research sample consists of 642…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Grade 6
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Hsieh, Tian-Da; Huang, Shih-Jung – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore the children's understanding of moon phase changes. Study methods include qualitative and quantitative methods. The subjects of the study are 683 students from grade three to six in an elementary school in New Taipei City. This study uses the method of writing assessment to explore the ideas of elementary…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
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Özdemir, Esra Benli – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to determine the astronomy literacy levels of secondary school 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and to examine the sub-dimensions of astronomy literacy in terms of some variables. In the research, descriptive scanning method was used. The study was carried out with secondary school students studying in a secondary…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Knowledge Level, Secondary School Students, Grade 7
Angeline S. Lillard – Grantee Submission, 2023
Most American classrooms employ a teacher-text-centered model of instruction that is misaligned with the developmental science of how children naturally learn. This article reviews that science and the origins of the common instructional model, including three modifications intended to make it work better (grades, age-graded classrooms, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Astronomy, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes