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Teaching Future Teachers Basic Astronomy Concepts--Seasonal Changes--at a Time of Reform in Science Education
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Trumper, Ricardo – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
Bearing in mind students' misconceptions about basic concepts in astronomy, the present study conducted a series of constructivist activities aimed at changing future elementary and junior high school teachers' conceptions about the cause of seasonal changes, and several characteristics of the Sun-Earth-Moon relative movements like Moon phases,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction