Emerging conceptual understanding of complex astronomical phenomena by using a virtual solar system

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 459-470

  Gazit, Elhanan ^a   Yair, Yoav ^b   Chen, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analyzing learning interactions; Astronomy education; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644539277     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-005-0221-3     Document Type: Article

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