Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences
By Sarıoğlana, Ayberk Bostan & Küçüközerb, Hüseyin
“In-Service Science Teachers’ Ideas about the Phases of the Moon and Brightest Star”
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
116
Pp. 250-255
2014
In-Service Science Teachers’ Ideas about the Phases of the Moon and Brightest Star
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Interview
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
Cause of the phases of the moon
- Rotation of the moon around the earth while the earth’s revolution is in its orbit.
- Shadow of the earth.
- Clouds cover the moon.
- Rotation of the moon with the earth around the sun.
- Polestar is the brightest star in the sky at night.
- Venus and Comet are the brightest stars in the sky at night.