The Main Ideas of Cosmology at School
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | PROCEEDINGS OF 2ND GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCHES (GCPR-2014), Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 190 |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815032413 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.948 |
| Keywords | Cosmology education; misconception; teaching |
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| Description | The aim of this research study was to investigate students' ideas and main difficulties with understanding modern cosmology science and to design based on results obtained a new cosmology course. We tried to identify factors, which might limit students' skills and knowledge about universe. The participants were students - mostly pre-service teachers at the Science Education program in an Faculty of Education. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used in the study. The data were primarily sourced from a standard questionnaire instrument. In addition, the interviews were conducted to determine student's views of discussed course topics. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. |