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Scholars through the centuries have ardently endeavored to find the best teaching methods to efficiently and effectively transfer vast amounts of accumulated star knowledge to their upcoming generation of sky watchers.
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Slater, T.F., Tatge, C.B. (2017). Learning Research in the Planetarium Prior to 1990. In: Research on Teaching Astronomy in the Planetarium. SpringerBriefs in Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57202-4_3
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