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Direct linkRichards, Ted – Science & Education, 2012
This paper describes a method for teaching planetary retrograde motion, and the Ptolemaic and Copernican accounts of retrograde motion, by means of a series kinesthetic learning activities (KLAs). In the KLAs described, the students literally walk through the motions of the planets in both systems. A retrospective statistical analysis shows that…
Descriptors: Motion, Astronomy, Science Instruction, Science History
