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View article: Representations of Astronomy in Children’s Picture Books
Representations of Astronomy in Children’s Picture Books Open
This study examines how astronomy is portrayed in children’s picture books, selected from notable book lists, published between 2001-2021. Selected books (N=32) were analyzed in terms of how they portray the practices of science, using the…
View article: Spatial Thinking in Astronomy Education Research
Spatial Thinking in Astronomy Education Research Open
Research on how we learn astronomy, as well as in other STEM domains, has found that spatial thinking - the complex ways we reason about the spatial properties of objects - is central to developing expertise. Learning astronomy requires th…
View article: Teacher Candidates Leveraging Children’s Picture Books to Plan Equity-Oriented Instruction
Teacher Candidates Leveraging Children’s Picture Books to Plan Equity-Oriented Instruction Open
This study investigates how teacher candidates utilize children’s science picture books to design equity and social justice-oriented lessons. Teachers drew on references to diversity, equity, and social justice represented in the books, in…
View article: Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education
Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education Open
Can environmental education help to mitigate learners eco/climate anxiety? Anxiety surrounding climate change has drastically risen in youth in recent years. This paper aims to answer the call from Pihkala's (2020) previous review for more…
View article: Evaluating curriculum for student funds of knowledge: A review of project WET 2.0
Evaluating curriculum for student funds of knowledge: A review of project WET 2.0 Open
Environmental education programs have been shown to produce numerous positive outcomes for participants. However, literature also shows that imbalances may exist regarding the distribution of those outcomes and discrepancies related to aff…
View article: Assessing preservice elementary teachers’ understanding of science practices using children’s astronomy storybooks
Assessing preservice elementary teachers’ understanding of science practices using children’s astronomy storybooks Open
Purposefully-designed, science content courses have the potential to help prepare future elementary teachers by helping to develop their understanding of the practices of science. We extend this area of research by investigating how studen…
View article: Informal science educators engaging preschool-age audiences in science practices
Informal science educators engaging preschool-age audiences in science practices Open
Informal science educators’ goals for preschool-age audiences (ages 3–5 years) shape how they design opportunities for children and families to learn science. However, little research has explored the opportunities provided by informal sci…
View article: Evaluating a learning progression for the solar system: Progress along gravity and dynamical properties dimensions
Evaluating a learning progression for the solar system: Progress along gravity and dynamical properties dimensions Open
We previously proposed a hypothetical learning progression around the disciplinary core idea of the Solar System and its formation as a first step in a research program to begin to fill this gap and address questions of student learning in…
View article: Editorial: Focused Collection: Astronomy Education Research
Editorial: Focused Collection: Astronomy Education Research Open
Luisa Rebull and colleagues explored the motivations of teachers who participate in a NASAsponsored, year-long research experience [14].Colin Wallace and colleagues followed up previous work on the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory …
View article: Gamified approach to teaching introductory astronomy online
Gamified approach to teaching introductory astronomy online Open
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] An increased interest in using video games in educational contexts has led to many innovations in both formal and informal environments. Educational researcher…
View article: Have Astronauts Visited Neptune? Student Ideas About How Scientists Study The Solar System
Have Astronauts Visited Neptune? Student Ideas About How Scientists Study The Solar System Open
The nature of students’ ideas about the scientific practices used by astronomers when studying objects in our Solar System is of widespread interest to discipline-based astronomy education researchers. A sample of middle-school, high-schoo…
View article: Position Paper On Use Of Stereoscopy To Support Science Learning: Ten Years Of Research
Position Paper On Use Of Stereoscopy To Support Science Learning: Ten Years Of Research Open
Stereoscopys potential as a tool for science education has been largely eclipsed by its popularity as an entertainment platform and marketing gimmick. Dozens of empirical papers have been published in the last decade about the impact of st…