The field of astronomy education is rapidly growing beyond merely sharing effective
activities or curriculum ideas. This paper categorizes and summarizes the literature in …

Abstract Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) provide opportunities to learn a vast range
of subjects. Because MOOCs are open to anyone with computer access and rarely have …

We present the results of a national study on the teaching and learning of astronomy as
taught in general education, non-science-major, introductory astronomy courses. Nearly …

Stars are one of the most frequently covered topics in introductory astronomy classes. From
a constructivist framework, one must know what conceptions students bring with them to the …

This theoretical paper introduces a new way to view and characterize learning astronomy. It
describes a framework, based on results from empirical data, analyzed through standard …

The Test Of Astronomy STandards (TOAST) is a comprehensive assessment instrument
designed to measure students' general astronomy content knowledge. Built upon the …

Even simple concepts in astronomy are notoriously difficult for the general public to
understand, since many ideas involve three-dimensional spatial positional relationships and …

Although astronomy topics have been included in K-12 education research for decades,
astronomy education research as a field of discipline-based education research is relatively …

This study describes the process of defining a hypothetical learning progression (LP) for
astronomy around the big idea of Solar System formation. At the most sophisticated level …

Cosmology presents students with ideas that stimulate their curiosity and brings together
various concepts from STEM that call on a variety of reasoning types across multiple …