Re: misconceptions in astronomy

[igal@vms.huji.ac.il (Igal Galili)]

Margaret,

Baxter J. (1989) "Children's understanding of familiar astronomical events"
International Journal of Science Education 11  502-513.

Even if it is not what you saw, it is worth to see.
Good luck,
Igal

> A few weeks ago, some strange soul  lifted a set of files from my office.
> At the
> time I couldn't remember exactly which ones were gone, but I had a
> sinking feeling that there would be something important among them.
> Now I know there was!
>
> I had a copy of a paper, taking from conference proceedings I found
> on the Internet, discussing common misconceptions held by students
> entering introductory astronomy classes.  I think that author was
> an American male, but that's about it!  There was no testing data or
> tables etc. - just a discussion of many common misconceptions.
> I'm now desperately seeking the reference, because I used the paper
> to form a list of astronomy misconceptions, and did some pre-testing
> of my astro. students with them. Next week I am using the results in
> a paper at an astro. conference here, and I want to be able to
> attribute the paper!
>
> Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>
> Margaret Mazzolini
> .
> Dr. Margaret Mazzolini
> School of Physics
> La Trobe University
> Bundoora VIC 3083
> Australia
> email: m.mazzolini@latrobe.edu.au
> Ph:   (61 3) 9479 2645/ (61 3) 9214 8084
> Fax: (61 3) 9479 1552

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