From Geocentrism to Allocentrism: Teaching the Phases of the Moon in a Digital Full-Dome Planetarium

Research in Science Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-77

  Chastenay, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astronomy teaching; Design based research; Development research; Digital planetarium; Full dome; Phases of the Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955627109     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-015-9460-3     Document Type: Article

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