开普敦大学天文学入门课程：探索学生的观点
The introductory astronomy course at the University of Cape Town: probing student perspectives
摘要：
我们的报告进行了研究，以提高教学和学生参与天文学入门课程在开普敦大学。这门课程是由各种各样的学生，包括许多来自教育弱势背景。我们描述了一种仪器的发展，介绍天文学问卷（IAQ），我们管理的前和后测试的学生参加了课程。该工具包括少量的问题，探讨了三个感兴趣的领域：学生的动机和期望，天文学内容和世界观。在我们的研究结果中，学习成果在几个概念领域取得，学生们似乎对天文学的本质有了更细致入微的认识。有证据表明，该课程对学生的世界观，特别是对他们对科学的态度产生了积极影响。我们还确定了一个有前途的预测当然成功，可以在未来用于确定学生需要特殊的教学干预。
英文摘要：
We report on research carried out to improve teaching and student engagement in the introductory astronomy course at the University of Cape Town. This course is taken by a diverse range of students, including many from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. We describe the development of an instrument, the Introductory Astronomy Questionnaire (IAQ), which we administered as pre- and post-tests to students enrolled in the course. The instrument comprised a small number of questions which probed three areas of interest: student motivation and expectations, astronomy content, and worldview. Amongst our findings were that learning gains were made in several conceptual areas, and that students appeared to develop a more nuanced view of the nature of astronomy. There was some evidence that the course had a positive impact on students' worldviews, particularly their attitudes towards science. We also identified a promising predictor of course success that could in future be used to identify students requiring special teaching intervention.
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