A review of high school level astronomy student research projects over the last two decades
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
School of Education
RAS ID
17861
Abstract
Since the early 1990s with the arrival of a variety of new technologies, the capacity for authentic astronomical research at the high school level has skyrocketed. This potential, however, has not realised the bright-eyed hopes and dreams of the early pioneers who expected to revolutionise science education through the use of telescopes and other astronomical instrumentation in the classroom. In this paper, a general history and analysis of these attempts is presented. We define what we classify as an Astronomy Research in the Classroom (ARiC) project and note the major dimensions on which these projects differ before describing the 22 major student research projects active since the early 1990s. This is followed by a discussion of the major issues identified that affected the success of these projects and provide suggestions for similar attempts in the future.
DOI
10.1017/pasa.2014.30
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Fitzgerald M.T., Hollow R., Rebull L.M., Danaia L., McKinnon D.H. (2014). A review of high school level astronomy student research projects over the last two decades. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 31(), -. Available here