The Planetarium Versus the Classroom An Inquiry into Earlier Implications
Abstract
This paper is a report of an attempt to experimentally evaluate the above implications. The reference cited contains an introduction to the background of the problem and a discussion of the study that lead to the above implications.
The formal research problem of this study was:
Is the planetarium, when used in combination with a celestial globe and classroom chalkboard, a more effective teaching situation than the celestial globe and classroom chalkboard teaching situation in the teaching of selected astronomical concepts in terms of the immediate attainment and retention of specified cognitive behavioral objectives and the attainment of specified affective behavioral objectives?
