How the Concept of Angular Distance and Different Inference Methods Influence Students' Understanding of Lunar Phases

• KURIHARA Jun-ichi

  Department of Child Studies, Shiraume Gakuen University

• MASUDA Hiromitsu

  Faculty of Education, Gunma University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 角距離の概念と推論の相違が「月の満ち欠け」の理解に与える影響
• カクキョリ ノ ガイネン ト スイロン ノ ソウイ ガ ツキ ノ ミチ カケ ノ リカイ ニ アタエル エイキョウ

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of including the concept of angular distance and differing inference methods for students' understanding of lunar phases. In this study, four classes (120 students) in a public primary school were divided into two groups, one for working on deductive learning and another for working on inductive learning. Both groups were divided again; one was given a lesson which included the concept of angular distance, and the other was not. After the classes, students' understanding of lunar phases was examined, and re-examined again three months later. The results of the examination showed that deductive learning was an effective approach for acquiring the concept of lunar phases. In addition, when including the concept of angular distance in the process of learning phases of the moon, it was more effective to position it in the process of deductive rather than inductive learning.

Journal

• Journal of Science Education in Japan

  Journal of Science Education in Japan 35 (1), 47-53, 2011

  Japan Society for Science Education

Keywords

• Lunar Phases
• Teaching Strategy
• Angular Distance
• Deductive Inference

Details

• CRID: 1390001205750410752
• NII Article ID: 110008593532
• NII Book ID: AN00036978
• DOI: 10.14935/jssej.35.47
• ISSN: 21885338
• ISSN: 03864553
• NDL BIB ID: 11040547
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/11040547
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I11040547
• Text Lang: ja
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