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“Holes in the atmosphere of the universe”: An empirical qualitative study on mental models of students regarding black holes “宇宙大气中的黑洞”:学生黑洞心理模型的实证定性研究
Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2022.2.1.029ra
M. Ubben, Johanna Hartmann, Alexander Pusch
Black holes are both interesting to many students and are part of several school and university curricula. However, it has not yet been documented in detail what kind of mental models of black holes students have. As such, this study qualitatively reports on the mental models of 53 university students, most of them with a non-physics major. The gestalts of the mental models found were mostly disc shaped holes or black spheres, though some funnels or ellipsoids were also described by the students. As for the functionality, students associated attractive functions with a black hole, though more elaborate descriptions such as time dilation or gravitational lensing and Hawking radiation were also named. All university students described a kind of black hole creation, though not all knew about their change in time and only described growth or could not give founded reasons for the change. Several participants showed potential problems by seeing their mental model as a direct replica of reality and assumed that black holes were literally holes. Conceptual problems regarding things “behind” the holes were raised. The results show that many rudimentary properties of black holes are known to university students without explicit education in that field, and a surprising amount of physics quantities were associated with them, although things like density or mass were described inadequately in several cases. Though mental models of black holes were not documented this extensively before, parallels in thinking with mental models in other areas of physics could be observed, making the findings consistent with literature.
黑洞对许多学生来说都很有趣,而且是一些学校和大学课程的一部分。然而,目前还没有详细记录学生对黑洞的心理模型是什么样的。因此,本研究定性报告了53名大学生的心理模型,其中大多数是非物理专业的学生。所发现的心理模型的格式塔大多是圆盘形的洞或黑色球体,尽管一些漏斗或椭球也被学生描述。至于功能,学生们将吸引函数与黑洞联系在一起,尽管更详细的描述,如时间膨胀或引力透镜和霍金辐射也被命名。所有的大学生都描述了一种黑洞的形成,但并不是所有人都知道它们的时间变化,只是描述了增长或不能给出有根据的变化原因。一些参与者表现出潜在的问题,他们把自己的心理模型看作是现实的直接复制品,并假设黑洞就是字面上的洞。人们提出了关于洞“后面”事物的概念问题。结果表明,没有接受过该领域明确教育的大学生都知道黑洞的许多基本特性,而且令人惊讶的是,大量的物理量与黑洞有关,尽管在一些情况下,密度或质量等方面的描述不充分。虽然黑洞的心理模型之前没有被广泛记录,但可以观察到其他物理领域的思维与心理模型的相似之处,使这些发现与文献一致。
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Learning and Teaching Astronomy with Digital Tools promotes Physics Student Teachers' digital Competencies 用数字工具教天文学促进物理学生教师的数字能力
Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2022.2.1.021bp
Ronja Langendorf, Susanne Schneider, Frederic V. Hessman
In this paper, we study the experiences of physics student teachers when they are asked to use modern digital toolswithin learner-centered astronomy education. Since digital tools are of particular importance in astronomy, this contextprovides an authentic setting for testing the effects of both, learning and teaching, for digital competence. The projectwas carried out as a highly-modified tutorial accompanying an introductory astronomy lecture with 20 M.Ed. physicsstudents. The student teachers were given an opportunity to apply the techniques learned within day-long projectscarried out with visiting school classes. A significant increase in digital competence, assessed by a TPACKself-assessment, was observed after the 13-week tutorial. From interviews, twelve main strengths (e.g. familiarity withdigital tools) and two main weaknesses (e.g. preparation for exam) of the course could be identified. The developedastronomy course concept can be easily adapted to conditions of other universities and the digital tools developed orused can also be adopted in high school classes.
本文研究了物理学生教师在以学习者为中心的天文教学中使用现代数字工具的经验。由于数字工具在天文学中特别重要,这一背景为测试学习和教学对数字能力的影响提供了一个真实的环境。这个项目是作为一个高度修改的教程进行的,伴随着20个硕士学位的入门天文学讲座。physicsstudents。实习教师有机会在为期一天的访问学校课程项目中应用所学到的技术。通过tpack自我评估,在13周的教学后观察到数字能力的显著提高。通过面试,可以确定该课程的12个主要优点(例如对数字工具的熟悉程度)和两个主要缺点(例如对考试的准备)。开发的天文学课程理念可以很容易地适应其他大学的情况,开发或使用的数字工具也可以在高中课堂中采用。
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Effects of Popular Science Writing Instruction on General Education Student Attitudes Towards Science: A Case Study in Astronomy 科普写作教学对通识教育学生科学态度的影响——以天文学为例
Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI: 10.32374/AEJ.2023.3.1.049ra
B. Lewis, K. Supriya, Graham H. Read, Katie Dixie, A. Friscia, Rachel L. Kennison
For many students, introductory college science courses are often the only opportunity in their formal higher education to be exposed to science, shaping their view of the subject, their scientific literacy, and their attitudes towards their own ability in STEM. While science writing instruction has been demonstrated to impact attitudes and outlooks of STEM majors in their coursework, this instructional strategy has yet to be explored for non-majors. In this work, we investigate student attitudes towards STEM before and after taking a writing-intensive introductory astronomy course. We find that students cite writing about science as beneficial to their learning, deepening their understanding of science topics and their perspective on science as a field and finding writing to be a ``bridge'' between STEM content and their focus on humanities in their majors. Students also report increased perceptions of their own ability and confidence in engaging with STEM across multiple metrics, leaving the course more prepared to be informed, engaged, and science literate citizens.
对许多学生来说,大学科学入门课程往往是他们在正规高等教育中接触科学的唯一机会,这些课程塑造了他们对这门学科的看法、他们的科学素养,以及他们对自己在STEM领域能力的态度。虽然科学写作教学已被证明会影响STEM专业学生在课程中的态度和观点,但这种教学策略尚未在非专业学生中进行探索。在这项工作中,我们调查了学生在参加写作密集型天文学入门课程之前和之后对STEM的态度。我们发现,学生们认为科学写作对他们的学习有益,加深了他们对科学主题的理解,加深了他们对科学作为一个领域的看法,并发现写作是STEM内容和他们对专业人文学科的关注之间的“桥梁”。学生们还报告说,他们对自己在多个指标上参与STEM的能力和信心的认识有所提高,这使得课程更加准备好成为知情、参与和有科学素养的公民。
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Per aspera ad astra simul: Through difficulties to the stars together Per aspera and astra simul:同舟共济
Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2022.2.1.041resa
David Jones, P. Kabáth, J. García-Rojas, J. Hanuš, M. Jakubik, J. Janík, R. Nagy, J. Tóth
In this article, we detail the strategic partnerships "Per Aspera Ad Astra Simul'' and "European Collaborating Astronomers Project: España-Czechia-Slovakia'', and the educational activities that have been carried out as part of these grants. This highlights the potential of Key Action 2 of the ERASMUS+ programme to support projects international educational projects, as well as the great impact that such projects can have on the general public and on the continued development of early career researchers.
在本文中,我们详细介绍了“Per Aspera Ad Astra Simul”和“欧洲合作天文学家项目:España-Czechia-Slovakia”的战略合作伙伴关系,以及作为这些资助的一部分开展的教育活动。这突出了ERASMUS+方案的关键行动2在支持国际教育项目方面的潜力,以及这些项目对一般公众和早期职业研究人员的持续发展可能产生的巨大影响。
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Welcome to the Astronomy Education Journal 欢迎来到天文学教育杂志
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.001
Urban Eriksson, P. Bretones
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Should we teach general relativity in high school? Why and how? 我们应该在高中教广义相对论吗?为什么?怎么做?
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.008
J. Horvath, Pedro Moraes
We discuss the proposal of teaching General Relativity and its spin-offs (black holes, gravitational waves, cosmology) as a part of the High-School curriculum, a task already undertaken by a few countries. We point out the importance of this proposal for the students and some possible reasons for the resistance of educators and scientists. A suggestion about how to circumvent the well-known mathematical and conceptual difficulties associated with this formidable task is made. It is not enough to stay at a qualitative level of explanation for High School students, although it would be desirable and positive at younger ages.
我们讨论了将广义相对论及其衍生(黑洞、引力波、宇宙学)作为高中课程的一部分进行教学的建议,这一任务已经由一些国家承担。我们指出了这一建议对学生的重要性,以及教育家和科学家抵制的一些可能原因。关于如何绕过与这项艰巨任务有关的众所周知的数学和概念上的困难,提出了建议。对高中生来说,停留在定性层面的解释是不够的,尽管这对更年轻的学生来说是可取的和积极的。
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An observational project for a large class – determination of the duration of the sidereal day 一个大班的观测项目——确定恒星日的持续时间
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.005
W. Tobin
Having students confront the real night sky is difficult for a large class. The determination of the duration of the siderealday is however a project that students can do on their own without specialized equipment. The project provides anintroduction to how observational science is done because students must devise the observational procedure, maketimings, analyse them, and present results including uncertainties in a report. The experience of running this project aspart of a first-year university introduction to the grand ideas of physics is described, with suggestions for improvements.Almost a third of students reported results within 1 second of the accepted value
让学生面对真正的夜空对一个大班来说是很困难的。然而,确定恒星日的持续时间是一个学生可以在没有专门设备的情况下自己完成的项目。该项目介绍了如何进行观测科学,因为学生必须设计观测程序,制定时间,分析它们,并在报告中呈现包括不确定性在内的结果。本文描述了作为大学一年级物理学大概念介绍的一部分,运行这个项目的经验,并提出了改进建议。几乎三分之一的学生报告的成绩与接受值相差不到1秒
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Resource guides for astronomy educators and their students 天文教育工作者及其学生的资源指南
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.007
A. Fraknoi
This is a brief review of my long-term project to create annotated resource guides for astronomy educators and their students. The college-level guides focus on a range of astronomical topics, such as “Women in Astronomy,” “Science Fiction and Astronomy,” “Black Lives in Astronomy,” “Music Inspired by Astronomy,” “Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Satellite Swarms,” etc.   Their aim is to bring together pointers to a range of reliable and interesting materials for instruction, discussion, or student projects in one convenient and easy-to-find place
这是对我为天文学教育者和他们的学生创建注释资源指南的长期项目的简要回顾。大学级别的指南侧重于一系列天文学主题,如“天文学中的女性”、“科幻小说与天文学”、“天文学中的黑人生活”、“天文学启发的音乐”、“光污染、无线电干扰和卫星群”等。他们的目标是将一系列可靠和有趣的材料的指针汇集在一起,用于教学,讨论或学生项目,在一个方便且易于找到的地方
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Timing pulsars: An exercise in statistical analysis and the scientific process 定时脉冲星:统计分析和科学过程的练习
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.006
J. Walkup, Joseph White, Roger Key
A lab activity for teaching students the fundamentals of statistical analysis by timing pulsar periods is described. The electromagnetic pulses of pulsars have been mapped to sound and uploaded on social media channels, allowing students to “listen” to the beat of the pulsar.  Because these beats are extraordinarily precise, they can serve as cyclic events of known time duration. The three-step process described in this article first requires that students select a timing method of low random error found by comparing standard deviations between two suggested methods. In the second step, students reduce systematic error by calibrating their optimal method using a pulsar of known time duration. Finally, students time an unknown pulsar (the mystery pulsar) using the optimal method chosen in Step 1 and calibrating out the bias found in Step 2. By expressing their results in terms of confidence intervals, they use a professional pulsar database to identify the mystery pulsar. Because students are not informed of the identity of the pulsar until after they turn in their lab reports, they are compelled to perform the measurements as carefully and objectively as possible. This activity provides a perfect vehicle for astronomy labs at the beginning of a semester — including online instruction — because it requires no prior instruction in astronomy and no equipment other than the stopwatch on a cell phone and internet connection. Furthermore, this activity offers an introduction to pulsars and such physics topics as magnetism and the conservation of angular momentum.
介绍了一项实验室活动,用于教授学生脉冲星周期计时统计分析的基础知识。脉冲星的电磁脉冲被映射成声音,并上传到社交媒体渠道,让学生们“听”脉冲星的节拍。因为这些跳动非常精确,它们可以作为已知时间持续时间的循环事件。本文中描述的三步过程首先要求学生通过比较两种建议方法的标准差来选择一种随机误差较小的计时方法。在第二步,学生们通过使用已知持续时间的脉冲星校准他们的最佳方法来减少系统误差。最后,学生使用步骤1中选择的最佳方法对未知脉冲星(神秘脉冲星)进行计时,并校准步骤2中发现的偏差。通过用置信区间来表达他们的结果,他们使用专业的脉冲星数据库来识别神秘的脉冲星。因为学生们直到交了实验报告后才被告知脉冲星的身份,他们被迫尽可能仔细客观地进行测量。这项活动为学期初的天文学实验室提供了一个完美的工具——包括在线教学——因为它不需要事先学习天文学,除了手机上的秒表和互联网连接外,不需要其他设备。此外,这项活动还提供了脉冲星的介绍,以及磁学和角动量守恒等物理主题。
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Assessing preservice elementary teachers’ understanding of science practices using children’s astronomy storybooks 利用儿童天文学故事书评估职前小学教师对科学实践的理解
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.002
J. Plummer, Kyungjin Cho, Christopher Palma, D. Barringer, Timothy Gleason, Katie Nolan
Purposefully-designed, science content courses have the potential to help prepare future elementary teachers by helping to develop their understanding of the practices of science. We extend this area of research by investigating how students’ experiences in such a course contributes to their understanding of the coherence of science practices within a science investigation. We investigated U.S. college students’ understanding of coherent science inquiry investigations after completing an inquiry-based astronomy course designed for preservice elementary teachers. We assessed preservice teachers' (N=63) understanding of the coherence between question, data gathering, and evidence-based explanations using a novel format: student-generated astronomy-based children’s storybooks. Most students (59%) wrote storybooks featuring coherent investigations; in other words, their stories featured characters who linked an investigation question to data collection and to an evidence-based explanation. Over the three years of data collection, the percentage of preservice teachers who wrote coherent investigations in their final storybooks increased from 35% to 71% suggesting that additional scaffolding provided by the faculty in years 2 and 3 helped students understand these practices. Our findings suggest that purposefully-designed, science content courses can help preservice teachers learn about coherent science inquiry in astronomy. We also suggest that projects tied to the students’ own future careers, such as creating children’s science storybooks, can be used as assessment tools by faculty to assess preservice teachers’ development of science practices.
有目的地设计的科学内容课程有可能帮助培养未来的小学教师,帮助他们发展对科学实践的理解。我们通过调查学生在这门课程中的经历如何有助于他们理解科学研究中科学实践的一致性来扩展这一研究领域。我们调查了美国大学生在完成为职前小学教师设计的探究式天文学课程后对连贯科学探究调查的理解。我们评估了职前教师(N=63)对问题、数据收集和基于证据的解释之间一致性的理解,使用了一种新颖的格式:学生生成的以天文学为基础的儿童故事书。大多数学生(59%)写有连贯调查的故事书;换句话说,他们的故事特点是将调查问题与数据收集和基于证据的解释联系起来。在三年的数据收集中,在最后的故事书中撰写连贯调查的职前教师的比例从35%增加到71%,这表明教师在二年级和三年级提供的额外帮助帮助学生理解这些实践。我们的研究结果表明,有目的地设计的科学内容课程可以帮助职前教师学习天文学中连贯的科学探究。我们还建议,与学生自己未来职业相关的项目,如创作儿童科学故事书,可以作为教师评估职前教师科学实践发展的评估工具。
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