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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2018.39.1.103

Exploring 6th Graders Learning Progression for Lunar Phase Change: Focusing on Astronomical Systems Thinking  

Oh, Hyunseok (Middle School, Seoul National University)
Lee, Kiyoung (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.39, no.1, 2018 , pp. 103-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore $6^{th}$ graders learning progression for lunar phase change focusing astronomical systems thinking. By analyzing the results of previous studies, we developed the constructed-response items, set up the hypothetical learning progressions, and developed the item analysis framework based on the hypothetical learning progressions. Before and after the instruction on the lunar phase change, we collected test data using the constructed-response items. The results of the assessment were used to validate the hypothetical learning progression. Through this, we were able to explore the learning progression of the earth-moon system in a bottom-up. As a result of the study, elementary students seemed to have difficulty in the transformation between the earth-based perspective and the space-based perspective. In addition, based on the elementary school students' learning progression on lunar phase change, we concluded that the concept of the lunar phase change was a bit difficult for elementary students to learn in elementary science curriculum.
Keywords
learning progression; lunar phase change; astronomical systems thinking; constructed-response item;
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