Skill Development in Digital Astronomy Lessons: I. Bouisaghouane at the OAE’s 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop
0This is a talk given at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).
Title: Enhancing Skill Development in Digitally Instructed Hands-On - Minds-On Astronomy Lessons
Building on the Minds-On project, this study developed the online module “Celestial Bodies” to enhance hands-on and minds-on learning, providing students with individualised feedback prompts to monitor and identify weaknesses in their understanding. The lesson centred on classifying 14 celestial bodies based on three properties, with the guidance of the online module and a map and cards. This study aimed to (1) enhance student engagement with the software, and (2) asses the impact of guided instructions and feedback prompts. We introduce our interactive lesson, present findings, and discuss their benefits in upper primary education classes to enhance student engagement, concept learning, emphasising enhanced integration of minds-on and hands-on activities.
About Iham Bouisaghouane:
Ilham holds a master degree in Theoretical Physics and a master degree in Education. She is doing her PhD in Astronomy education at the University of Leiden in collaboration with the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS) and the DBHC.
Collaborators:
Bert Bredeweg
Centre for Applied Education Research, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Informatics Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands
Joanna Holt
Centre for Applied Education Research, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), The Netherlands
Pedro Russo
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands"
About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:
The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place: 12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.
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