Empirical studies on development of inquisitive learning program in the field of astronomu to promote science literacy

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04407
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: Kurihara Jun-ichi 群馬大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90583922)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小林 辰至 上越教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 教授 (90244186) ; 濤崎 智佳 上越教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 教授 (40356126) ; 益田 裕充 群馬大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30511505)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 科学的リテラシー / 現象を科学的に説明する能力 / 満ち欠け / 地球の位置と四季の関係 / 仮説設定 / 作図

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we developed a learning program to foster scientific literacy for learning in lower secondary school astronomy field which is in need of spatial recognition ability, and empirically clarified the effect of guidance.Especially in moon and venus phase learning, it was clarified that teaching which verify the hypothesis about the relation between the positional relation of celestial bodies and the phase angle by model experiment is effective.It was suggested that introducing drawing activities on learning to verify the hypothesis is effective for nurturing the ability to explain phenomena scientifically.

Free Research Field

理科教育学