Abstract
This study investigates the effect on children’s science understanding of Internet-based instruction called the MOON Project that allows children from around the world in grades 4-8 to observe the Moon for several weeks and then share their lunar data internationally to find global patterns in the Moon’ behavior. Students in two American and one Australian class took the Comprehensive Moon Phases Assessment as a pre- and post-test. Instruction in two of the three classes shared some common characteristics such as exchanging data internationally and focusing on finding global patterns in the Moon’s behavior; but the instruction in each classroom was under the teacher’s control and thus varied from place to place. Overall and in two of the three classes the students’ understanding of lunar phases improved significantly.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 526-532 |
Journal | Educational Research and Reviews |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |