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A 3-D Virtual Reality Model of the Sun and the Moon for E-Learning at Elementary Schools
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Sun, Koun-Tem; Lin, Ching-Ling; Wang, Sheng-Min – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
The relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth, their movements, and their relationships are abstract and difficult to understand astronomical concepts in elementary school science. This study proposes a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual reality (VR) model named the "Sun and Moon System." This e-learning resource was designed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Elementary School Science, Computer Simulation
Teaching Argumentation through the Visual Models in a Resource-Based Learning Environment
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Chang, Shu-Nu – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2007
Scientific literacy is the ultimate goal in science education world-wide; especially in this modern society of science and technology. How to help individuals to make good judgments and promote their skills of argumentation becomes an important issue. Meanwhile, in the Information Age, visual image is an important medium for conveying information.…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Technology, Undergraduate Students, Scientific Research
Models of "The Heavens and the Earth": An Investigation of German and Taiwanese Students' Alternative Conceptions of the Universe
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Liu, Shu-Chiu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
The paper reports a cross-cultural investigation conducted in 2001-2002 that seeks to reveal students' alternative ideas in two countries, Taiwan and Germany. It was carried out by means of semi-structured interviews in a story form. The targeted students were arbitrarily selected from grades 3 to 6 in both countries and amounted to 64. The…
Descriptors: Models, Astronomy, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students