Browsing College of Science by Author "Cardinot, Adriana"
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Asteroid Day: a vehicle for raising public awareness of astronomy and space exploration among primary students in Ireland
Cardinot, Adriana; Shearer, Andy; Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (NUI Galway, 2018-03-24)Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign which takes place annually to learn about asteroids, their impact and to increase awareness on how we can protect the Earth from future asteroid impacts. At the event students ... -
Entertaining physics education: using an astronomy board game to enhance student learning and motivation
Cardinot, Adriana; Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (GIREP-MPTL 2018, 2018-07-09)This study examines the effects of a novel Astronomy Board Game on students science performance, their attitudes towards learning Science through games and their perception of scientists. Post-primary students in Ireland ... -
Game-based learning to engage students with physics and astronomy using a board game
Cardinot, Adriana; Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (IGI Global, 2019)In this research article, the authors developed a novel astronomy board game and examined how this approach could facilitate the learning and teaching of astronomy topics covered in the new Irish Science Syllabus. A total ...