TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding the time
T2 - Exploring a new perspective on students' perceptions of cosmological time and efforts to improve temporal frameworks in astronomy
AU - Brock, Laci Shea
AU - Prather, Edward
AU - Impey, Chris
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through Grant No. 4215580. We also would like to thank Tim Swindle and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory for the generous contributions which enabled this article to be published.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
PY - 2018/6/15
Y1 - 2018/6/15
N2 - [This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] One goal for a scientifically literate citizenry would be for learners to appreciate when the Earth came to be and where it resides in the Universe. Understanding the Earth's formation in time in both a sociohistorical and scientific sense allows us to place humanity within the larger context of our existence in the Universe. This article considers prior research from cognitive science, psychology, history, and Earth and space science education to inform a new research agenda in astronomy education. While there exists prior research related to learner's ideas of time and the Earth's location, research on how to help students develop a coherent model of the Earth's place in space and time in the Universe is still lacking. We highlight a set of preliminary findings from a pilot study that is part of this new agenda, which is focused on students' ideas on how to connect the Earth's formation with prior events in the Universe.
AB - [This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] One goal for a scientifically literate citizenry would be for learners to appreciate when the Earth came to be and where it resides in the Universe. Understanding the Earth's formation in time in both a sociohistorical and scientific sense allows us to place humanity within the larger context of our existence in the Universe. This article considers prior research from cognitive science, psychology, history, and Earth and space science education to inform a new research agenda in astronomy education. While there exists prior research related to learner's ideas of time and the Earth's location, research on how to help students develop a coherent model of the Earth's place in space and time in the Universe is still lacking. We highlight a set of preliminary findings from a pilot study that is part of this new agenda, which is focused on students' ideas on how to connect the Earth's formation with prior events in the Universe.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.010138
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.010138
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049552036
SN - 2469-9896
VL - 14
JO - Physical Review Physics Education Research
JF - Physical Review Physics Education Research
IS - 1
M1 - 010138
ER -