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Colantonio, Arturo; Galano, Silvia; Leccia, Silvio; Puddu, Emanuella; Testa, Italo – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] In this paper we discuss the design and development of a learning progression (LP) to describe and interpret students' understanding about stellar structure and evolution (SSE). The LP is built upon three content dimensions: "hydrostatic equilibrium";…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Learning Processes, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Testa, Italo; Galano, Silvia; Leccia, Silvio; Puddu, Emanuella – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
In this paper, we report about the development and validation of a learning progression about the Celestial Motion big idea. Existing curricula, research studies on alternative conceptions about these phenomena, and students' answers to an open questionnaire were the starting point to develop initial learning progressions about change of seasons,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires, Item Response Theory