[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] Multiple
studies show that spatial thinking skills contribute to students' performance in science …

This paper provides a historical review of the interview research that has been used by
science educators to investigate children's basic astronomy knowledge. A wide range of …

Children's understandings of the shape and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon have
been extensively researched and in a variety of ways. Much is known about the confusions …

This qualitative case study describes (a) the ways 3D visualization, coupled with other
science and literacy experiences, supported young children's first exploration of the Earth …

This chapter focuses on young children's conceptual understanding of earth and space
science concepts. Most studies in the domain of earth science have targeted young …

The purpose of this research was to use a multidimensional theoretical framework to
examine young children's knowledge about the Moon. The research was conducted in the …

This research explored young children's early thoughts about natural phenomena and
investigated sources of influence toward their knowledge construction. Two P iagetian …

Bu çalışmanın amacı, fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin Güneş, Dünya, Ay ile Ay'ın hareketleri ve
evreleri konularının öğretiminin nasıl olduğu ile ilgili görüşlerini incelemektir. Nitel araştırma …

Bu çalışmanın amacı fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin astronomi bilgi düzeylerinin demografik
değişkenlere bağlı olarak farklık gösterip göstermediğini incelemektir. Öğretmenlerden veri …

月亮相關概念之教與學是小學自然科中的一項困難課題. 本研究旨在發展一個能作為小學月亮
單元延伸學習之數位教材與教學模式, 以有效增進學生月亮及相關概念的理解 …