Students' Understanding Of The Changing Seasons
TalkAstronomy Education Research
7th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025
UTC: 9:50 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. America/New_York: 4:50 a.m.- 5:05 a.m.
Thursday Nov. 20, 2025
UTC: 6:50 p.m. - 7:05 p.m. America/New_York: 1:50 p.m.- 2:05 p.m.
Elizabeta Šimunović (Faculty of science, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Seasonal changes are part of students' everyday experience, but understanding the causes of seasonal changes is very demanding and counterintuitive for students. The use of visualizations in teaching is increasingly present and the ability to interpret them is taken for granted, but the complexity of visualizations often exceeds the students' reasoning abilities. This study includes in its methodology the measurement of attention by tracking eye movements and aims to investigate students' understanding of seasonal changes and compare the relationship in understanding with respect to the presented visual representations. Data were collected through methodological triangulation with a combination of mixed research methods.
About Elizabeta Šimunović
Elizabeta Šimunović holds a Master's degree in Mathematics and Physics Education and a PhD candidate in the postgraduate scientific study Research in Natural and Technical Sciences Education at the Faculty of Science, University of Split, field of Physics.
