Development and validation of an astronomy questionnaire for Secondary education

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Published: Sep 13, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.6983
Keywords:
astronomy questionnaire / quiz models multiple representations
Emmanouilia Tsirigoti
Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Eleni Petridou
Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Anastasios Molohidis
Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

The research in the field of education in astronomy has led to the development and validation of various questionnaires. These questionnaires have been used in studies to identify misconceptions, learning outcomes, etc. In this paper, the process of composing a new questionnaire of the phases of the Moon and the eclipse is being described. The questionnaire aims at secondary school students and focuses on modeling which is attempted in the representations contained in the questions. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of third-grade high school students to investigate the extent to which the explicit explanation of the models contributes to the meaningful understanding of the phenomena being discussed.

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