Solar Walk Software Application: Teaching Astronomy Concepts to High School Students

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9th Grade, 10th Grade

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Solar Walk software application

Statistical Findings

No statistically significant differences between students who used Solar Walk in the true-to-scale (TTS) display mode and students who used it in the orrery display mode on either general-type questions or scale-type questions.

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Programs & Services

General Education

Delivery Methods

Face-to-Face

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Target Groups

Student(s)

Source

(2014). WWC Review of the Report "Conceptualizing Astronomical Scale: Virtual Simulations on Handheld Tablet Computers Reverse Misconceptions." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review (ED546898). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED546898.pdf.

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