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Türk, Cumhur; Kalkan, Hüseyin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study aimed to determine students' knowledge levels related to specific astronomy concepts and the effect of a planetarium environment on teaching. The study sample included seventh-grade (12-13 years old) students. For this purpose, 240 students of various socioeconomic and cultural levels from six schools (two in the city center, two…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Concept Teaching, Knowledge Level
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Oviatt, Sharon L.; Cohen, Adrienne O. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
From a theoretical viewpoint, educational interfaces that facilitate communicative actions involving representations central to a domain can maximize students' effort associated with constructing new schemas. In addition, interfaces that minimize working memory demands due to the interface per se, for example by mimicking existing non-digital work…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Science Education, Computer Interfaces