Teaching Future Teachers Basic Astronomy Concepts--Seasonal Changes--at a Time of Reform in Science Education.

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Building a learning progression for celestial motion: Elementary levels from an earth‐based perspective (2010, background): “…this phenomenon in terms of the tilt of the earth without assessing how subjects describe what we can observe or experience (Atwood & Atwood, 1996; Parker & Heywood, 1998; Trumper, 2001a,b,c; however, see Trumper (2006) for a study of an observational approach towards learning about the seasons).”
Big Ideas: A review of astronomy education research 1974–2008 (2010, background): “A constructivist intervention for teachers described by Trumper ( 2006 ) resulted in a significant change in knowledge about the seasons for the experimental class.”