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- Title
The Lunar Phases Project: A Mental Model-Based Observational Project for Undergraduate Nonscience Majors.
- Authors
Meyer, Angela Osterman; Mon, Manuel J.; Hibbard, Susan T.
- Abstract
We present our Lunar Phases Project, an ongoing effort utilizing students' actual observations within a mental model building framework to improve student understanding of the causes and process of the lunar phases. We implement this project with a sample of undergraduate, nonscience major students enrolled in a midsized public university located in the southeast part of the United States. To quantitatively assess our activity, we use the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory, a research-validated assessment instrument. We observe significant gains in student understanding of the lunar phases for students who complete the Lunar Phases Project.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASTRONOMY education; LUNAR exploration; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; PUBLIC universities &; colleges; MENTAL models theory (Communication)
- Publication
Astronomy Education Review, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 1, p120
- ISSN
1539-1515
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3847/AER2011015