The Effects of Astronomical Animation Module on Earth Science Gifted Students's Conceptual Change of Diurnal Motion

Autor: Duk-Ho Chung, Kyu-Seong Cho, Bo-Hee Kim, Kyeong-Su Park, Kyeong-Jin Park
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of the Korean earth science society. 32:200-211
ISSN: 1225-6692
DOI: 10.5467/jkess.2011.32.2.200
Popis: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of astronomical animation module on students` conceptual change regarding the concepts of diurnal motion of stars. Four students participated in this study, who never learned about the diurnal motion of stars. An animation module was developed by using Flash MX to readily understand the concept of space. In addition, we inserted a teacher`s voice with supplementary materials into the animation module to help students learn individually. The animation module was comprised of the movement of the Earth, the Moon and the planet. The earth science gifted students` preconception on diurnal motion of stars was analyzed with pre-test using questionnaires and interviews. After the instruction with animation module, the effect of conceptual change was examined by comparing pre and post-test. The results indicated that three students correctly presented about the motion of the star by all directions in middle latitude. Four students showed their understanding that stars travelled straight in all directions. Finally, all of four students whose preconceptions were that the star rotated perpendicularly showed the conceptual change of diurnal motion that the star traveled diagonally.
Databáze: OpenAIRE