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A 3D Universe? Students’ and professors’ perception of multidimensionality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

Urban Eriksson  and
Wolfgang Steffen
Urban Eriksson
Affiliation:
NRCF, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00, Lund, Sweden Email: urban.eriksson@fysik.lu.se
Wolfgang Steffen
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, OAN, UNAM, Ensenada, Mexico. Email: wsteffen@astro.unam.mx
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Abstract

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This paper discusses the importance of learning to understand the three-dimensionality of astronomical objects, in particular nebulae. After collecting data from students’ and professors’ discernment of 3D we finds that this is difficult for both students and professors, which highlights the importance of addressing extrapolating three-dimensionality in astronomy education.

Keywords

Spatial thinking3DAstronomy Education Research
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium A30: Astronomy in Focus XXX , August 2018 , pp. 573 - 574
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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