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Plummer, Julia – Science and Children, 2015
Elementary students find it difficult to connect the apparent motion of objects in the sky with how celestial objects actually move in the solar system. As a university astronomy education researcher, the author has been investigating methods to help children learn astronomy through workshops and summer camps at science museums and planetariums.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Space Sciences
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Ruiz de Zarobe, Yolanda; Zenotz, Victoria – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This article reports on an intervention study of reading comprehension among young learners of English as a third language (L3) in a multilingual (Spanish-Basque-English) context in the Basque Country. The study involves a pre-test post-test design, with an intervention of 7 weeks using two intact groups of participants that served as experimental…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kruse, Jerrid; Wilcox, Jesse – Science Scope, 2009
Helping students understand how to learn is an important goal for all subjects and levels of education. While this goal is highly regarded, promoting it is extremely difficult. Many times, we as teachers are consumed with how to better help our students understand the content and forget to draw their attention to how they came to understand a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Astronomy, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Prather, Edward E.; Brissenden, Gina – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
Professional development for astronomy instructors largely focuses on enhancing their understanding of the limitations of professor-centered lectures while also increasing awareness and better implementation of learning strategies that promote a learner-centered classroom environment. Given how difficult it is to get instructors to implement…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Apprenticeships, Astronomy
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Abisdris, Gil – Science Teacher, 2003
Describes an activity for observing sunspots with binoculars and other readily available materials. Introduces students to daylight astronomy. (KHR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Curriculum Design, Learning Strategies, Science Activities
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Cordeiro, Patricia – Language Arts, 1986
Describes an inservice program for which teachers watched the moon, kept a journal of its appearances, made drawings of it, and tried to fathom its habits. Asserts that through being involved with this learning experience, teachers understood more about how to teach productively. (SRT)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Continuing Education, Educational Theories, Inservice Teacher Education
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Beutler, Suzanne A. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Describes the progression of activities used in an astronomy unit that involved writing to learn and think. (FL)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Content Area Writing, Grade 6, Integrated Activities
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Science Teacher, 1988
Reviews two software programs for Apple series computers. Includes "Orbital Mech," a basic planetary orbital simulation for the Macintosh, and "START: Stimulus and Response Tools for Experiments in Memory, Learning, Cognition, and Perception," a program that demonstrates basic psychological principles and experiments. (CW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software Reviews