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Teaching Against the Mystique of Science: Literature Based Approaches in Elementary Teacher Education
(2010-10)
School science experiences shape learners' attitudes and beliefs about science. Yet, school experiences often consist of reading from a text, memorizing scientific facts, or conducting “verification” type laboratories, and thus may fail...
Will I Teach Evolution? A Multiple Case Study of Prospective Biology Teachers
(2006-04)
The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of a biology-focused science
methods course on prospective teachers' preparedness to teach evolution and to explore factors that influence their intentions ...
Using a Learning Cycle Approach to Teaching the Learning Cycle to Preservice Elementary Teachers
(2010-10)
experiences with science phenomena; 2) concept introduction allows students to build science ideas through
interaction with peers, texts, and teachers; (3) concept application asks students to apply these science ideas to new situations or new problems. Since...
Critical Incidents in the Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching the Nature of Science: Insights from a Mentor‐Mentee Relationship
(2010-10)
While teacher educators have had some success in helping prospective teachers understand the nature of science (NOS), they have been less effective in helping prospective teachers teach NOS. Though several studies have ...
Teaching the Nature of Science Through Inquiry: The Results of a Three-year Professional Development Program
(2010-10)
This study assessed the components of a three year professional development program on
participants' views nature of science (NOS), instructional practice to promote students'
appropriate NOS views, and the influence of ...