Beginner´s science, technology, engineering and mathematics undergraduate students preconceptions about the visualization of the same moon´s face from earth reference frame
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1982-5153.2017v10n2p223Abstract
In this work were identified four well-defined preconceptions about the possibility of viewing the same lunar´s face from the Earth reference frame presented by university student’s beginners in a STEM course. They are the Moon without rotation (MNR), the Moon´s rotation as a counter justification (MWR), the synchronization between Earth´s rotation and Moon´s (ERD) and, finally, the confusion with the phases of the Moon (MPC). We present the learning outcomes from 77 students after independent use of an animation on the subject. They show that half turn out to correctly explain the phenomenon and about 40% remains with one of those preconceptions after intervention.Downloads
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