'We put on the glasses and Moon comes closer!' Urban Second Graders Exploring the Earth, the Sun and Moon Through 3D Technologies in a Science and Literacy Unit

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-156

  Isik Ercan, Zeynep ^a   Zeynep Inan, Hatice ^b   Nowak, Jeffrey A ^a   Kim, Beomjin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active learning; Astronomy; Computer simulation; Curriculum enrichment; Elementary school science; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889690621     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.739718     Document Type: Article

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