Assessment of Conceptual Understanding in Student Learning of Moon Phases

Autor/inn/en	Zou, Yi; Jin, Lizhen; Huang, Xiao; Li, Yanbing
Titel	Assessment of Conceptual Understanding in Student Learning of Moon Phases
Quelle	In: Journal of Baltic Science Education, 22 (2023) 4, S.719-736 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zou, Yi) ORCID (Huang, Xiao)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-3898
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Astronomy; Scientific Literacy; Scientific Concepts; Knowledge Level; Schemata (Cognition); Scores; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Astronomie; Wissensbasis; Cognition; Schema; Kognition
Abstract	Many research studies have shown that lower-secondary school students' scientific literacy depends on their understanding of corresponding scientific concepts. Therefore, it is of great significance to model and assess students' conceptual understanding in learning specific scientific concepts, because it can reflect and diagnose students' cognitive characteristics, so as to provide evidence for targeted educational interventions. However, on the topic of Moon Phases, existing research studies have deficiencies in the evaluation and analysis of different levels of students' conceptual understanding, which restrict teachers to take effective educational interventions to help them. Thus, this study explored a new level division and an assessment test for revealing and explaining students' different conceptual understanding in learning Moon Phases. This study was conducted among 768 Chinese lower-secondary school students. Through a variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses, it was found that students' conceptual understanding of Moon Phases can be divided into three levels of continuous improvement, including the mechanical memory of different phenomena of moon phases, the formation of a preliminary mental model of Moon Phases, and the construction of a complete mental model of Moon Phases. Accordingly, this study made some precise suggestions for effectively improving students' conceptual understanding of Moon Phases. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01