Description
Most countries include a limited astronomy content in their high school science curriculum. It is expected that this exposure will be enough to effectively introduce astronomy to students. However, in the experience of most teachers, students fail to retain key concepts from this curricular topic. In 2023, an ambitious pan-India survey was administered with more than 2000 participants to quantify knowledge retention among students. The survey was carefully designed to be as universal as possible, to enable its adoption in other countries across Asia and Africa. I will discuss the design principles of this survey, a quick summary of the insights gained through it and how this survey can become a handy tool for other astronomy educators.
Primary author
Dr
Aniket Sule
(IAU)
